22 E. T. CRESSON. 



dian spot on the second confluent with the apical band, and the ven- 

 ter except lateral black spots, yellowish-white. Head large, cheeks 

 full, clypeal foveas very deep ; antennfe long, especially in S ; thorax 

 and abdomen densely, the former coarsely punctured above ; scutellum 

 raised, the upper surface flattened ; metathorax transversely striated, 

 especially in 9 , the spines rather long and acute ; areolet small, 5-an- 

 gular; abdomen elongate, flattened, shining at base and at tip. Length 

 bh — 7 lines. 



Five 9 , four S specimens. (Sumichrast Coll. No. 2.) 



4. Hoplismenus propinquus, n. sp. 



9 . — Diifers from munitus only as follows : the clypeal foveas less 

 profoundly impressed, mesothorax not punctured, but subrugose, with- 

 out central longitudinal whitish lines, but with a lateral line curved in- 

 wardly in front and dilated ; prothorax entirely black ; metathorax 

 with only a large triangular basal mark and a faint dot at extreme tip; 

 second abdominal segment without discal spot, so conspicuous in munitus. 

 Length 5 J lines. 



One 9 specimen. 



b. Hoplismenus picturatus, n. sp. 



9 . — Black, opaque ; face, clypeus, mouth, orbits interrupted behind 

 eyes, cheeks, broad annulus on antennae, upper and lower margins of 

 prothorax, broadly interrupted in front, the former protuberant, tegu- 

 jge, line beneath^ spot on posterior middle of mesothorax, scutellum, 

 postscutellum, a basal bilobed spot on each side of metathorax, two 

 elongate marks at tip, covering the spines, the flanks, the pleura be- 

 neath, confluent with a large, broad, oblique mark on each side, inden- 

 ted with black posteriorly, the coxje. petiole of abdomen above, apical 

 margins of all the segments, the basal fovea3 of second segment, con- 

 fluent with a dot on each side, the extreme basal margin of third seg- 

 ment and a minute subbasal dot on each side, and the venter entirely, 

 all white ; wings hyaline, nervures and stigma black ; legs, except coxte, 

 yellow, basal suture of posterior cox», apical suture of intermediate 

 pair, an exterior oblique mark on posterior pair, most of their trochan- 

 ters, on outer and inner line on all the femora, a line on the four ante- 

 rior tibiJB and tarsi behind, the posterior tibiae except tips, and the tar- 

 sal claws, black. Thorax and second and third abdominal segments 

 closely and rather deeply punctured, remainder shining ; head narrow- 

 ed beneath and behind, cheeks not prominent; antennae long, stouter 

 near the tips, third joint longer than fourth ; scutellum flat, sides sub- 

 carinated, tip abrupt; metathorax rugulose, more finely sculptured on 



