New chalcidoid from Paraguay. 389 



Family Perilampidae. 



Genus Perilanipus Latheille. 



1. Ferilanipiis paraguayensis n. sp. 



Normal position. 



Fe male. Length 3,5 mm. 



Metallic green witli tinges of aeneous and bluish and with soft, 

 Short, greyish pubescence ; mesoscutum and most of scutellum excepting 

 along the median line, aeneous or coppery; face bluish-green as are 

 also the thoracic pleura and abdomen; the latter darker above at 

 proximal half; metanotum bluish; eyes dark; wings hyaline, their 

 venation brown; antennae blackish, brownish distad ; coxae greenish; 

 all femora metallic bhüsh-green ; knees brown; tibiae same as femora 

 but brownish toward tips and at one side, the posterior tibiae brownish 

 on three sides; tarsi pallid yellowish-brown, darker at the distal 

 Joint which at extreme apex is black. Antennal scape metallic 

 bluish, Tegula dark brownish. 



Antennal scrobes deeply excavated, including the cephalic ocellus 

 within their apex, from dorsal aspect the Vertex along its cephalic 

 margin cleft at the meson as in brasiUensis Ashmead; cephalic ocellus 

 barely advanced beyond the lateral ocelli, all about as far from 

 each other as the lateral ocelli are from the respective eye margins ; 

 antennae inserted barely below the middle of the face. Eyes naked. 

 Parapsidal furrows complete. Scutellum ending at the apex in two 

 barely perceptible teeth formed by an emargination, one on each 

 side, the apex obtusely pointed. Scutellum subequal in length to 

 the mesoscutum, Abdomen normal to the genus. 



Pronotum and the whole of the mesonotum uniformly, distinctly 

 punctate, the metanotum glabrous discally on each side of the median 

 line, the latter a weak median carina with large, rugose punctures 

 on each side; metanotum irregularly rugose laterad. Abdomen smooth 

 and shining. Vertex transversely striate, the face between the eyes 

 and scrobes with weak longitudinal striations; clypeus pubescent, 

 the greyish hairs arising from minute punctures; cheeks striate; 

 lower half of face pubescent ; each parapsidal furrow laterad margined 

 with a broad apparently smooth area which is weakly punctate; 

 axillae mesad punctate like the mesothorax but a middle small 



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