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raised apical margin, the space between the basal and pre-apical 

 carinse indistinctly transversely rugnlose ; the remaining seg- 

 ments very sparsely pnnctured. Pygidium not compressed or 

 narrowed, the greatest breadth nearly as great as the length, 

 rather narrowly rounded at the apex. Intermediate tibiie 

 broad, tarsal ungues toothed. 



Brownish black ; tibiie and tarsi testaceous ; a line on the 

 posterior margin of the pronotum, the ])osterior margin of 

 the scutellum, and a transverse band on the dorsal abdominal 

 segments ]-5, narrowly interrupted in the middle on seg- 

 ments 3-5 and broadly interrupted on the second segment, 

 pale yellow. 



Length 10 mm. 



Hub. La Paz, Mendoza [Jensen-Haariip) . 



This species differs considerably in both sexes from 

 P.flavomaculata, Andre, the type of the genus, especially in 

 the absence of lateral spines on the hypopygium of the male 

 and in the sculpture of the second abdominal segment in 

 the female. 



Anodontyra haarupi, Turn. 



Pfeudehtphroptera haarupi, Turn. Aun. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) iii. 



p. 1.33 (1909). 2. 

 Parelaphropfern haarupi, Turn. Wvt^^man'3 Genera Insoctoruu), cv. 



p. 21 (1910). $. 



I was wrong in placing this species in my genus Parela- 

 ]>hroptera, and also in my suggestion that it might prove to 

 be the female of P. roUei, Turn. I have now received 

 specimens of the male, and there can be no doubt that the 

 insect should be placed in the nearly related genus Anodon- 

 tyra, Westw. 



($ . Mandibles bidentate, the outer tooth much longer 

 than the inner. Clypeus slightly produced and rather nar- 

 rowly truncate at the apex, moderately convex, shining and 

 almost smooth. Antennae about as long as the thorax and 

 median segment combined, the apical joints slightly arcuate 

 beneath, the third joint of the llagellum longer tlian the 

 second. Head finely and very closely punctured, covered 

 sparsely with short grey pubescence. Thorax and median 

 segment h'nely and rather closely punctured, the scutellum 

 and postscutellum almost smooth, shining ; pronotum 

 strongly rounded at the anterior angles ; median segment 

 steeply sloped posteriorly. Abdomen strongly but not very 

 closely punctured, not very slender, tapering slightly to the 

 extremities ; a deep transverse groove close to the base of 

 the second dorsal segment ; seventh dorsal segment narrowed 



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