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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.98 
  

  

  Genus 
  EPICHARIS 
  Klug 
  

  

  EPICHARIS 
  ZAMORANENSIS. 
  new 
  Bpecies 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  25 
  mm., 
  anterior 
  wing 
  about 
  18; 
  robust, 
  

   black, 
  with 
  black 
  hair 
  on 
  head, 
  thorax 
  and 
  legs, 
  but 
  tcrgites 
  4 
  and 
  5 
  

   with 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hair, 
  the 
  extreme 
  apex 
  with 
  red; 
  clypeus 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  shining 
  on 
  upper 
  part, 
  densely 
  punctured 
  on 
  lower, 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   longitudinal 
  ridges 
  obtuse; 
  antennae 
  black, 
  or 
  faintly 
  reddish 
  at 
  

   apex, 
  dorsum 
  of 
  thorax 
  practically 
  without 
  hair; 
  wings 
  dark 
  fuHginous, 
  

   with 
  green 
  iridescence. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  2,600 
  feet, 
  November 
  3 
  and 
  5 
  (Gerardo 
  

   Cisneros). 
  Apparently 
  common 
  in 
  November, 
  but 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   following 
  months. 
  

  

  T?/^e.— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  58888. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  a 
  large, 
  robust, 
  very 
  dark 
  insect, 
  superficially 
  resembling 
  a 
  

   carpenter 
  bee. 
  In 
  Friese's 
  table 
  it 
  runs 
  to 
  E. 
  schrottkyi, 
  from 
  Brazil, 
  

   but 
  that 
  is 
  considerably 
  smaller 
  (18-19 
  mm,). 
  It 
  also 
  has 
  tergites 
  3 
  

   to 
  6 
  gray-haired. 
  

  

  EPICHARIS 
  CISNEROSI. 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  22 
  mm., 
  anterior 
  wing 
  about 
  14; 
  similar 
  to 
  

   E. 
  zamoranensis, 
  but 
  rather 
  smaller 
  and 
  less 
  robust; 
  the 
  tergites 
  

   except 
  the 
  first 
  with 
  gray 
  tomentum, 
  rufescent 
  at 
  apex; 
  the 
  wings, 
  

   though 
  dark 
  fuliginous, 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  dark, 
  and 
  without 
  the 
  green 
  

   iridescence; 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  thorax 
  posteriorly 
  with 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  light 
  hair; 
  

   the 
  copious 
  hair 
  of 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  and 
  basitarsi 
  light 
  reddish. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  November 
  2 
  (G. 
  Cisneros). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  U.S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  58889. 
  

  

  The 
  disc 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  has 
  thick 
  black 
  hair, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  

   case 
  in 
  E. 
  zamoranensis. 
  The 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  joins 
  the 
  second 
  

   submarginal 
  cell 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  second 
  joins 
  the 
  thu*d 
  sub- 
  

   marginal 
  almost 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  EPICHARIS 
  SALAZARI, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  16.5 
  mm.; 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  entirely 
  black 
  

   (including 
  antennae), 
  with 
  black 
  hair, 
  except 
  that 
  on 
  postscutellum 
  

   and 
  metathorax, 
  which 
  is 
  dull 
  whitish; 
  mandibles 
  with 
  a 
  short, 
  

   obtuse, 
  inner 
  tooth; 
  labrum 
  elongate, 
  sparsely 
  but 
  distinctly 
  punc- 
  

   tured, 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  keel, 
  the 
  extreme 
  base 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   shining; 
  clypeus 
  prominent, 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  keel 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  the 
  disc 
  

   shining 
  and 
  somewhat 
  convex; 
  supraclypeal 
  region 
  with 
  an 
  elevated 
  

   reversed 
  V, 
  the 
  arms, 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  enclosing 
  a 
  polished 
  pit; 
  

   scape 
  very 
  short 
  and 
  stout; 
  tegulae 
  black; 
  wings 
  fuliginous, 
  the 
  

  

  