NOTES ON ARADIDAE, III — KORMILEV 251 



VII rounded. Lobes of VIII (paratergites) long, sub triangular, 

 reaching to two-fifths IX; IX long, tapering backward, tip tricuspidate. 

 Spiracles II to VI ventral, far removed from outer border; VII sub- 

 lateral, but not visible from above; VIII dorsolateral, not visible 

 from ventral aspect. 



Color. — Ferrugineous ; tergum VII, VIII, and IX dark ferrugine- 

 ous ; antenniferous tubercles, spot in middle of hind border of head, and 

 posterior angles of pronotum ochraceous ; neck, ovate spot in middle of 

 foreborder of scutellum, two (1 + 1) small tubercles at basal angles 

 and also tip of latter, posterior borders of all connexiva from II to VII, 

 and posterior borders of paratergites, bright yeUow. Rostrum and 

 poster o-exterior angles of connexiva also yeUow. 



Measurements.- — ^Length 6.0 mm. Width of pronotum 2.0 mm. 

 Width of abdomen 2.30 mm. 



HoLOTYPE. — ^Female, Chapada, Brazil, November, Drake Collection 

 (USNM type 65796). 



Remarks.- — M. luteonotata is allied to M. rugiventris (Champion) 

 but it difi'ers from the latter by the following characteristics: smaller 

 size; lateral borders of body not as parallel to each other ; anterolater- 

 al angles of pronotum not produced either forward or sideways; 

 small yellow tubercles at basal angles of scutellum ; tricolor connexivum 

 black, testaceous, and yellow. 



Mezira championi, new species 



Male. — Elongate ovate, with fine setigerous granulation; setae 

 very short, erect. 



Head with median length and width across eyes subequal (23 : 24) ; 

 anterior process long, constricted in middle, rounded and slightly 

 notched anteriorly, almost reaching to tip of first antennal segment. 

 Antenniferous tubercles moderately long, acute, divergent. Eyes 

 exserted. Postocular tubercles small, dentiform, reaching to outer 

 border of eyes; infraocular carinae moderately high, crenulate. 

 Vertex with dense setigerous granulation. Antenna slender, less 

 than twice as long as head (36.5:23); proportions of antennal seg- 

 ments 10:7.5:11.5:7.5. Rostrum short, not reaching hind base of 

 rostral groove. 



Pronotum half as long as width across humeri (23:47); collum 

 slender, granulate; anterolateral angles rounded, slightly expanded, 

 crenulate, reaching anteriorly to foreborder of coUmn; forelobe much 

 narrower than hind lobe (38:47). Lateral notch sharply marked; 

 interlobal area deeply depressed. Lateral borders of hind lobe 

 rounded, convergent anteriorly. Forelobe with four (2-f 2) granu- 

 late ridges; hind lobe with dense, dispersed granulation. 



