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  PROCEEDn'OB 
  OF 
  THE 
  yATIOXAL 
  MVSEV2I. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  silvery 
  hair; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  very 
  fine, 
  appressed 
  pile; 
  wings 
  hyaline, 
  

   extreme 
  apices 
  dusky; 
  venation 
  dark 
  brown. 
  In 
  the 
  paratype 
  the 
  

   markings 
  are 
  more 
  yellow 
  and 
  the 
  rufous 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  abdominal 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  except 
  the 
  

   apical 
  two 
  joints 
  is 
  yellowish 
  beneath. 
  

  

  Santa 
  Ana, 
  Peru. 
  Two 
  females 
  collected 
  August 
  3, 
  1911, 
  at 
  an 
  

   altitude 
  of 
  .3,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  15110, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Family 
  CHRYSIDID.E. 
  

   Genus 
  CHRYSIS 
  Linnaeus. 
  

  

  CHRYSIS 
  (TETRACHRYSIS) 
  RUGOSA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  carinata 
  Guerin. 
  but 
  the 
  scutal 
  furrows 
  curve 
  anteriorly 
  

   and 
  are 
  not 
  well 
  defined, 
  the 
  median 
  depression 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  abdominal 
  

   segment 
  is 
  shallower; 
  the 
  conformation 
  of 
  the 
  propodium 
  is 
  different; 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  smaller 
  size. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  9 
  mm. 
  Anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  truncate 
  

   medianly, 
  the 
  surface 
  sparsely 
  punctured; 
  malar 
  space 
  about 
  one 
  

   and 
  one-half 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  mandible 
  at 
  base; 
  frontal 
  

   carina 
  strong, 
  lower 
  lateral 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  carinse 
  distinctly 
  below 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  eyes, 
  the 
  truncate 
  median 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  carinse 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  above 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  eyes; 
  facial 
  basin 
  striato-punctate, 
  

   the 
  striation 
  predominating 
  and 
  oblique; 
  head 
  closely 
  punctured 
  

   with 
  very 
  large 
  punctures; 
  ocelli 
  simple, 
  the 
  postocellar 
  line 
  about 
  

   one- 
  third 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  ocelloccipital 
  line 
  but 
  distinctly 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  ocellocular 
  line; 
  orbital 
  carina 
  strong 
  but 
  not 
  extending 
  as 
  

   high 
  as 
  the 
  superior 
  orbits; 
  antennae 
  rather 
  stout, 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  

   about 
  one-third 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth; 
  pronotum 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  

   cephal-caudad 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head; 
  scutal 
  furrows 
  diverging 
  ante- 
  

   riorly, 
  poorly 
  defined; 
  the 
  thorax 
  above 
  with 
  very 
  large 
  close 
  punc- 
  

   tures 
  giving 
  it 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  being 
  reticulate; 
  mesepistemum 
  

   sculptured 
  like 
  the 
  dorsal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  thorax; 
  posterior 
  aspect 
  of 
  

   the 
  propodeum 
  with 
  a 
  broad, 
  truncate 
  V-shaped 
  depression 
  which 
  is 
  

   bounded 
  by 
  carinse; 
  ventrally 
  this 
  depression 
  is 
  deeper 
  and 
  has 
  two 
  

   spoon-like 
  fovese; 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  the 
  depression 
  is 
  reticulate, 
  laterally 
  

   it 
  is 
  striate; 
  legs 
  normal; 
  radial 
  cell 
  open 
  at 
  the 
  apex; 
  fii-st 
  abdominal 
  

   segment 
  sculptured 
  like 
  the 
  mesoscutum 
  with 
  three 
  longitudinal 
  

   depressions 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  margin, 
  the 
  lateral 
  two 
  being 
  deeper 
  than 
  

   the 
  median; 
  second 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  

   with 
  distinct, 
  rather 
  large, 
  well 
  defined 
  punctures, 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  

   third 
  segments 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  carina, 
  third 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  very 
  

   like 
  carinata 
  as 
  figured 
  by 
  Mocsary 
  on 
  plate 
  2, 
  figure 
  43, 
  of 
  his 
  mono- 
  

   graph; 
  supra-apical 
  fovese 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  segment 
  elongate, 
  well 
  defined, 
  

   deep, 
  11 
  in 
  number. 
  Metallic 
  green; 
  flagellum 
  beyond 
  the 
  first 
  

  

  