HYMENOPTERA. 367 



Genus 57. ANCYLOSCELIS. 



Ancyloscelis, Latr. Fam. Nat. p. 463 (1825). 

 Tetr'apedia, King, Berl. Mag. p. 33? (1810). 



1. ANCYLOSCELIS URSINUS. 



Ancylcscelis ursinus, Hal. Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 320. 16. 

 Hab. Brazil (St. Paul's). (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



2. ANCYLOSCELIS ORNATUS. 



Ancyloscelis ornata, Spin. Mem.^ccad. Torino, xiii.87.69(1851). 

 Hab. Brazil (Para). 



3. ANCYLOSCELIS ARMATUS. 



Male. Length 2 lines. Black, the face has a thin ochra- 

 ceous pubescence, the antennae rufo-piceous beneath, the scape 

 ferruginous ; the anterior margin of the clypeus, the labrum and 

 mandibles pale testaceous, the latter ferruginous at their tips. 

 Thorax : the pubescence on the disk ochraceous, on the sides and 

 beneath it is cinereous ; the tegulse and costal nervure rufo-tes- 

 taceous ; wings hyaline, the nervures black ; the posterior coxae 

 and femora incrassate, the latter flattened beneath, and having a 

 raised carina or margin on each side ; the tibiae incrassate, less 

 so than the femora ; the tarsi and the apex and extreme base of 

 the tibiae ferruginous ; the posterior tarsi have a stout curved 

 tooth at their base beneath. Abdomen subovate, the apical 

 margins of the segments having a fascia of white pubescence. 



Hab. Brazil. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



4. ANCYLOSCELIS LINEATUS. 



Ancyloscelis lineata, Spin. Mem. Accad. Torwo,xiii. 87. 70(1851). 

 Hab. Para. 



5. ANCYLOSCELIS NIGRIPES. 



Ancyloscelis nigripes, Spin. Mem. Accad. Tormo,xiii.88. 71 (1851) . 

 Hab. Para. 



Genus 58. EPICHARIS. 



Apis, pt., Oliv. Ency. Meth. iii. (1792). 

 Centris, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 354 (1804). 

 Epicharis, King, Illig. Mag. vi. (1807). 



