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  Hoplopria 
  obsoleta, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  $. 
  Black 
  ; 
  tegiilae 
  and 
  the 
  legs 
  wholly 
  reddish. 
  

  

  Head 
  normal, 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  without 
  punctures 
  ; 
  eyes 
  

   normal, 
  bare 
  ; 
  ocelli 
  on 
  a 
  prominence, 
  between 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  eye 
  

   margins 
  are 
  two 
  very 
  obtuse 
  carinae. 
  Antennae 
  13- 
  jointed; 
  scape 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  next 
  three 
  joints 
  combined, 
  prolonged 
  at 
  apex; 
  pedicel 
  

   hardly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  fmiicle 
  1 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  

   joints 
  forming 
  a 
  club 
  ; 
  funicle 
  1 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  wide, 
  2 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   1, 
  the 
  others 
  gradually 
  shortening, 
  the 
  club 
  joints 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  

   the 
  apical 
  joint 
  no 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  greatest 
  width. 
  Scutum 
  and 
  

   scutellum 
  smooth, 
  without 
  punctures 
  ; 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  wholly 
  

   wanting; 
  scutum 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  shallow 
  depression 
  on 
  either 
  side, 
  

   and 
  two 
  elongate 
  shallow 
  depressions 
  at 
  meson 
  for 
  anterior 
  half; 
  

   scutellum 
  sub-carinate 
  at 
  meson, 
  the 
  basal 
  foveae 
  very 
  large, 
  circular, 
  

   well 
  separated, 
  the 
  lateral 
  foveae 
  small 
  and 
  inconspicuous 
  ; 
  median 
  

   segment 
  with 
  a 
  raised 
  triangular 
  scale 
  at 
  base. 
  Fore-wings 
  reacliing 
  

   somewhat 
  beyond 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  broad 
  ; 
  subhyaUne, 
  somewhat 
  

   dusky 
  in 
  centre 
  but 
  not 
  conspicuously 
  blotched 
  or 
  banded 
  ; 
  venation 
  

   fuscous, 
  terminating 
  at 
  half- 
  wing 
  length; 
  marginal 
  vein 
  short. 
  

   Petiole 
  of 
  abdomen 
  over 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  wide, 
  strongly 
  carinate 
  ; 
  

   body 
  of 
  abdomen 
  conic-ovate 
  ; 
  pointed 
  at 
  apex; 
  over 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  laetiole; 
  its 
  anterior 
  margin 
  straight; 
  its 
  base 
  without- 
  striae 
  or 
  

   sulci 
  ; 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  basal 
  segment 
  several 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  rest 
  united. 
  Length, 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  one 
  female 
  labelled 
  " 
  Omilteme, 
  Guerrero, 
  

   Mexico, 
  8000 
  feet; 
  H. 
  H. 
  Smith." 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Distinguished 
  from 
  all 
  other 
  American 
  species 
  by 
  the 
  

   non-patterned 
  wings 
  and 
  absence 
  of 
  parapsidal 
  furrows. 
  

  

  Hoplopria 
  afflnis, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  $. 
  Black; 
  legs 
  wholly 
  red, 
  also 
  the 
  tegulae 
  and 
  basal 
  seven 
  

   antennal 
  joints. 
  

  

  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  obsoleta, 
  but 
  distinctly 
  smaller 
  ; 
  thorax 
  somewhat 
  

   flattened 
  ; 
  lateral 
  depressions 
  of 
  scutum 
  feeble, 
  the 
  medial 
  pair 
  only 
  

   present 
  against 
  anterior 
  margin; 
  foveae 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  scutellum 
  not 
  

   so 
  large 
  ; 
  petiole 
  barely 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  wide 
  ; 
  funicle 
  joints 
  shorter, 
  

   2 
  distinctly 
  shorter 
  than 
  1, 
  3 
  only 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  wide. 
  Length, 
  

   2 
  mm. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  two 
  females 
  labelled 
  " 
  Teapa, 
  Tabasco, 
  

   Mexico 
  ; 
  H. 
  H. 
  Smith." 
  

  

  Type 
  and 
  cotype 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  