212 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



CALOTELEIA Wtstwood. 

 Traus. Loml. Ent. Soc, ii, p. ~h>, I'l. 7. f. 10. 

 (Type C. nitrantia Westw. j 



Head tiiiiisverso, sulxiiiadrate, the frous convex, the occiput rouud- 

 edly emargiiiated ; ocelli 3 in a triangle, the lateral close to the eye; 

 eyes large, oval, bare or faiutly T>uhescei)t. 



Antennie inserted just above the clypens, 12-Jointed in botli sexes; 

 in 9 clavate, the club 5- or <» Jointed, the last two funiclar Joints usually 

 transverse or quadrate; in c? liliforni, long; tiie flagellar Joints long, 

 cylindrical. 



Mandibles 3-dentate. 



Maxillary palpi 4 Jointed; labial palpi 3-Jointed. 



Thorax ovate, the prothorax scarcely visible from above, except at 

 the lateral corners; niesonotum usually entirely without furrows, 

 although occasionally with 2 distinct furrows; scutellum semicircular; 

 metathorax emargiuate and carinated along the sides. 



Front wings with the nuirginal vein short, punctiform or rarely half 

 the length of the stigmal ; the stigmal vein oblique, and usually end- 

 ing in a little knob; postmarginal vein very long, basal vein distinct, 

 rarely entirely absent. 



Abdomen long, fusiform, pointed at tip and narrowed at base; the 

 basal segment in the 'i with a horn extended forw.ard over the meta- 

 thorax. 



Legs rather long, the femora and tibial subclavate; the tibial spurs 



1, 1, 1, the middle and hind pairs rather weak; tarsi long, the basal 

 Joint several times longer than the second; claws simple. 



This genus was originally described by Prof. Westwood, from a sin- 

 gle specimen found embedded in Gum anime, in the collection of Rev. 

 F. W. Hope. The genus is not rare in South America and the West 

 Indies, and five species have been discovered in our fauna. 



It is closely allied to Barycon «,v Forster : but the marginal nervure 

 is usually punctiform, or at least very short, and the i)etiole is longer 

 and more slender. 



TABLE OF SPECIES. 



Body palo 2 



Body black. 



Coxa^ l)laclv, legs rufous or hrowuish-yellmv. 



Three basal abdominal segments longitudinally Htriatod, the following smooth, 



polished C. striata, sp. nov. 



Two basal abdominal segments stiiatcd; first and second fnniclar joints very 

 long, slender; third and fourth stouter, the third longer than thick; 

 the fourth quadrate C. nEiDKMAXNii, sp. nov. 



2. Brownish-yellow. 



Head pale, coucohtrous with the rest of tho body. 



Abdomen banded with black or fuscous C. cixctivknthis Ashm. 



Abdomen not banded; apex of horn and tip i>f abdomen black or fnscons. 



('. iMiutici.AVA Ashm. 

 Head black or fuucouH C. marlattii, sp. nov. 



