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eyes large and nearly parallel; clypeus in profile somewhat nasute; 
malar space nearly as long as basal width of mandible; antenna 
(of another specimen) very slender filiform, nearly as long as body. 
Thorax deeper than broad; epomia reaching nearly to dorsal mar- 
gin of pronotum, scrobe obliquely striate; scutellum briefly margined 
basally; mesopleuron, metapleuron, and sides of propodeum obliquely 
striate, carina between metapleuron and propodeum obliterated; 
propodeum rugulosely punctate, apically somewhat transversely 
striate, basal carina sharply angulate toward base medially, apophy- 
ses very long, conical. Wings as in Cryptus except that apical 
abscissa of radius is strongly curved, areolet is weakly convergent, 
and upper abscissa of nervellus is straight. Legs long, slender, as 
in Cryptus. 
Abdomen slender; first segment slender, without carinae, post- 
petiole about twice as broad as petiole, latter slender with tergite 
and sternite confluent. 
Ferruginous; head mostly yellow; wings uniformly yellow hyaline; 
antenna (from another specimen) yellow with apical third black; 
legs concolorous, with hind tarsus (from another specimen) yellow 
except base of first joint; ovipositor sheath black. 
Type locality —Colombia. 
Type.—U.S.N.M. No. 13190. 
The type and only specimen seen by Ashmead bears no other data. 
A second female from Bogota is somewhat larger than the type 
and has the propodeum more distinctly striate posteriorly and a 
shght indication of the apical carina medially. A male, also from 
Bogota, differs from the type virtually only sexually. 
Genus EPIMECOIDEUS Ashmead 
Epimecoideus ASHMEAD, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., vol. 28, p. 52, 1900. (Genotype, 
E#. apicalis Ashmead, monobasic.) 
I have already discussed this genus,’ imdicating its close relation- 
ship and possible synonymy with WNeotheronia Krieger, while 
Townes +‘ goes even farther and synonymizes both E’pimecoideus and 
Neotheronia with Theronia Holmgren. 
EPIMECOIDEUS APICALIS Ashmead 
Female.—Length 14 mm., antenna 13 mm., sheath 3 mm. 
Very slender; body entirely polished and unsculptured. 
Head thin, temples nearly flat and very strongly sloping; malar 
space very short. 
3 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 58, p. 44, 1920. 
4 Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., vol. 23, p. 289, 1940. 
