^Ir. K. E. Turner on Fosson'al Uymenoplera. (J07 



margiue postcriorc capitis angustc, pronoto antice ct postice in 

 medio iiitcrrupto, mesopleuris macula arcuata, tcgulis, mcsouoto 

 lincu utrijKiuc supra tegulas et macula bilobata postice, scutollo 

 margiiio posterioro, ungulis anticis ct maculis duaDus magnis 

 mcdianis, postscutcllo, sogmento mediano fasciis duabus obliquia 

 apicc divergcntibus, segraeutia dorsalibus 1-6 macula magna 

 laterali femoribusque infra flavis ; abdomine cerasino, sogmento 

 primo basi nigro; tibiis tarsisque forrugineis, tlavo-variegatis ; 

 alis subbyalinis ; clypeo dimidio apicali concavo, apice late emar- 

 ginato, angulis productis, acutis ; bypopygio angusto, apico 

 rotundato. 



$ . Nigra ; fronte, sogmento dorsali primo fascia lata transversa, 

 secundo macula transversa utrinque, tertio, quarto quiiitoque 

 fascia lata transversa in medio intcrrupta flavis; maudibulis, 

 clypeo, antcnnis, pygidio pedibusque brunneo-ferrugineis ; 

 clypeo subconcavo, cmarginato, segmento dorsali secundo inter 

 carinas 2 transverse rugoso, margiue apicali insuper elevato, 

 segmento sexto dorsali angusto, ventrali semicirculari apice 

 rotundato. 



Long., c^" IS mm., 5 14 mm. 



(J . Closely and fiuely puucturcd, the eoncave portion o£ 

 the clyijeus smooth and shining, seventh dorsal segment 

 longitudinally rugose. Antenuae about as long as the thorax 

 and median segment combined, the apical joints arcuate 

 beneath, scutellum convex ; abdomen rather slender ; third 

 abscissa of the radius nearly twice as long as the second, 

 third cubital cell receiving the second recurrent ncrvure at 

 about one-fifth from the base; inner tooth of the mandibles 

 obliquely truncate. 



? . Head finely and closely, thorax more sparsely punc- 

 tured, abdomen almost smooth, the second dorsal segment 

 transversely rugose in the middle between two transverse 

 carinre, tlie apical margin strongly raised ; pronotum pro- 

 duced in tiie middle of the anterior margin into a rounded 

 lobe, half as broad again on the anterior as on the posterior 

 margin, slightly depressed in the middle. Abdomen beneath 

 closely punctured ; fifth ventral segment coarsely obliquely 

 striated ; sixth dorsal segment very narrow, pointed at the 

 apex, and fitting into an incision in the broadly rounded 

 lower plate of the pygidium. 



Hub. San Bernardino, Paraguay (if. Fiebrig). 



Type in U.S. National ^Museum. 



I do not think that this is more than a geographical race 

 of Elaphroptera rubescens, Brethes (An, Mus. Nac. Buenos 

 Aires, xx. p. 239, 1910), but in the description of that species 

 there is no mention of the clypeus being emai'ginate, and 

 the yellow markings on the scutellum and abdomen differ. 



