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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  genora 
  of 
  Mutillidae, 
  but 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  genotype 
  of 
  SjyhseropJiihalma 
  

   these 
  insects 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  separated 
  into 
  a 
  different 
  genus, 
  but 
  until 
  

   it 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  review 
  the 
  genera 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  left 
  

   in 
  SpJixropJithalma 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  agree 
  with 
  the 
  latest 
  revision 
  of 
  these 
  

   insects. 
  

  

  Superfamily 
  VESPOIDEA. 
  

  

  Family 
  PSAMI^IOCHARID^. 
  

  

  penus 
  PEPSIS 
  Fabrieius. 
  

  

  A 
  male 
  collected 
  at 
  Huadquina, 
  Peru, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  5,000 
  feet, 
  

   July 
  25, 
  1911. 
  This 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  described, 
  although 
  I 
  can 
  not 
  

   make 
  it 
  agree 
  with 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  numerous 
  descriptions, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  genus 
  

   is 
  in 
  a 
  chaotic 
  state 
  it 
  is 
  inadvisable 
  to 
  describe 
  it 
  at 
  present. 
  

  

  Genus 
  CRYPTOCHEILUS 
  Panzer. 
  

   CRYPTOCHEILUS 
  PERUVIANUS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  closely 
  resembles 
  fulvicomis, 
  but 
  may 
  easily 
  be 
  sepa- 
  

   rated 
  by 
  the 
  lateral 
  aspect 
  of 
  the 
  propodeum 
  being 
  striate. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  15 
  mm. 
  Anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  broadly, 
  

   arcuately 
  emarginate, 
  the 
  surface 
  closely 
  granular; 
  the 
  area 
  around 
  

   the 
  antennas 
  subdepressed; 
  frontal 
  impressed 
  line 
  strong, 
  incomplete; 
  

   eyes 
  slightly 
  converging 
  toward 
  the 
  vertex; 
  malar 
  space 
  obsolete; 
  

   postocellar 
  line 
  distinctly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  ocellocular 
  line; 
  head 
  

   opaque, 
  finely 
  granular; 
  antennae 
  normal, 
  third 
  joint 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  fourth; 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  jjronotum 
  angulately 
  emargi- 
  

   nate; 
  dorsal 
  aspect 
  of 
  the 
  propodeum 
  finely 
  granular, 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   face 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  strongly 
  transversely 
  striate; 
  posterior 
  face 
  oblique, 
  

   not 
  sharply 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  dorsal 
  aspect; 
  dorsal 
  aspect 
  of 
  the 
  

   propodeum 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  erect, 
  black 
  hairs; 
  tarsal 
  comb 
  wanting; 
  legs 
  

   rather 
  feebly 
  spined, 
  hind 
  legs 
  rather 
  long, 
  slender; 
  abdomen 
  normal, 
  

   second 
  ventral 
  segment 
  with 
  two 
  tubercules, 
  the 
  apical 
  ventral 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  broadly 
  arcuate; 
  transverse 
  median 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  its 
  own 
  

   length 
  beyond 
  the 
  basal 
  vein; 
  the 
  third 
  cubital 
  cell 
  on 
  the 
  radius 
  

   slightly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  second; 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  first 
  transverse 
  cubiti 
  

   oblique, 
  nearly 
  parallel, 
  the 
  third 
  transverse 
  cubitus 
  strongly 
  curved 
  

   above 
  the 
  middle 
  so 
  the 
  third 
  cubital 
  cell 
  is 
  not 
  half 
  as 
  wide 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  

   as 
  at 
  the 
  bottom; 
  second 
  recurrent 
  vein 
  strongly 
  curved, 
  received 
  

   distinctly 
  basad 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  Black; 
  antennas 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  second 
  joint 
  fulvous; 
  wings 
  black 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  purplish 
  tinge 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  slightly 
  brownish 
  at 
  the 
  apex; 
  venation 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  wings; 
  

   head 
  and 
  thorax 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hair; 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  with 
  long 
  

   black 
  hair. 
  

  

  Santa 
  Ana, 
  Peru. 
  Described 
  from 
  one 
  female 
  collected 
  August 
  3, 
  

   1911, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  3,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  15109, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  