﻿NO. 
  1960. 
  YALE 
  PERUVIAN 
  EXPEDITIOX, 
  HYJIENOPTERA—ROHWER. 
  449 
  

  

  metapleiirae 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  propodeum 
  shining, 
  practically 
  impunc- 
  

   tatc 
  dorsal 
  aspect 
  of 
  the 
  propodeum 
  short, 
  not 
  sharply 
  separated 
  from 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  aspect, 
  surface 
  with 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  large, 
  distinct, 
  close 
  

   punctures; 
  legs 
  normal; 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  recurrent 
  veins 
  

   subequal 
  in 
  length 
  with 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  

   transverse 
  cubiti 
  on 
  the 
  radius, 
  transverse 
  median 
  almost 
  its 
  own 
  

   length 
  beyond 
  the 
  basal 
  vein; 
  abdomen 
  normal; 
  pygidium 
  broadly 
  

   rounded 
  apically, 
  the 
  lateral 
  spines 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  median; 
  

   narrow 
  apical 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  genitalia 
  stipes 
  broadly, 
  rounded 
  more 
  

   strongly 
  so 
  laterally, 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  stipes 
  concave, 
  the 
  

   ou 
  tcr 
  margin 
  convex. 
  Black 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  except 
  apices, 
  clypeus 
  except 
  

   large 
  median 
  spot, 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  proepisternum, 
  the 
  inner 
  posterior 
  

   margins 
  of 
  the 
  pronotiim, 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  tegula, 
  a 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  scutellum 
  

   and 
  metanotum, 
  the 
  ventral 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  anterior 
  femora, 
  the 
  

   dorsal 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  anterior 
  tibiae, 
  the 
  ventral 
  margm 
  of 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  femora, 
  an 
  incomplete 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  tibiae, 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  tergites, 
  on 
  

   the 
  second 
  broadly 
  narrowed 
  laterally 
  and 
  slightly 
  edentate 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  a 
  narrow 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  tergites, 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  

   third 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  median 
  truncate 
  portion 
  anteriorly, 
  and 
  lateral 
  

   apical 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  sternites 
  yellow; 
  calcaria 
  and 
  

   spines, 
  pallid; 
  insect 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair; 
  wings 
  

   hyaline, 
  slightly 
  milky; 
  venation 
  dark 
  brown 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  brown 
  

   shadow. 
  

  

  Santa 
  Ana, 
  Peru. 
  One 
  male 
  collected 
  August 
  3, 
  1911, 
  at 
  an 
  

   altitude 
  of 
  3,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Csit. 
  No. 
  15101, 
  U.S.N 
  .M. 
  

  

  Family 
  MUTILLID.^. 
  

  

  Genus 
  SPHAEROPHTHALMA 
  Blake. 
  

   SPHAEROPHTHALMA 
  SALAVERENSIS, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  ^Length 
  15 
  mm. 
  Mandibles 
  edentate 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  tooth 
  

   on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin; 
  antennal 
  foveae 
  deep, 
  sharply 
  defined 
  above 
  

   by 
  carinae; 
  malar 
  space 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  eye 
  which 
  is 
  round 
  

   and 
  convex; 
  scape 
  curved; 
  third 
  antennal 
  joint 
  subequal 
  with 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  and 
  fifth; 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  without 
  a 
  carina; 
  

   head 
  and 
  thorax 
  vnth 
  close, 
  large 
  punctures; 
  thorax 
  not 
  dentate 
  

   laterally; 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  truncate; 
  posterior 
  

   margin 
  of 
  the 
  propodeum 
  tnmcate, 
  propodeal 
  spiracle 
  elongate 
  ; 
  legs 
  

   normal; 
  first 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  subnodose, 
  surface 
  punctured 
  like 
  

   the 
  thorax; 
  second 
  tcrgite 
  with 
  large, 
  irregular, 
  shallow 
  punctures; 
  

   second 
  stemite 
  sculptured 
  like 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  pygidi\im 
  poorly 
  defined, 
  

  

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