HYMENOPTEROUS FAMILY STEPHANIDiE. 743 



33. viLLosus Kieff. 



Stephanus villosus KiefFer (1), p. 4, $ d • 



$ . Face and frons irregvilarly and coarsely rugose, space 

 between the tubercles strongly impressed ; vertex with three 

 arcuate transcarinse ; occiput coarsely and densely longitudinally 

 rugose; posterior margin of head produced into a broad 

 horizontal translucent collar. Second flagellar joint two and a 

 half times as long as first, third more than twice as long as first 

 and second together and about two and a half times as long as 

 second. Prothorax coarsely and rather diJffusely transrugose, 

 basally more strongly and more diffusely. Mesonotum smooth, 

 with median line of punctures and laterally transrugose; 

 scutellum with two anteriorly convergent irregular rows of 

 punctures and slightly rugose, anterior lobes diffusely punctate. 

 Mesopleura; white pubescent, the impressed part transrugose. 

 Metapleurte and median segment with large and partly confluent 

 punctures, former white pubescent. Petiole finely trans-striate, 

 about as long as rest of abdomen, which is basally striate. Terebra 

 as long as body, sheaths black, white-banded before apex. Hind 

 legs with coxse finely trans-striate, as long as the bidentate 

 femoi'a ; the tibiae longer than femora, constricted in basal 

 third and compressed beyond middle ; tarsi three-jointed, with 

 long grey pubescence beneath. 



Shining black ; head except apices of mandibles, scape, and 

 second joint of hind trochanters red ; antei'ior legs black-brown. 

 Thorax and legs with long, sparse, Avhitish pilosity, the hairs on 

 meso- and meta-pleui-ae inserted on granular prominences. 

 Wings hyaline. 



Length 16 mm. 



1^ . Similar to 5 , but second flagellar joint not twice as 

 long as first ; third shorter than first and second together. 

 Mesonotum red-brown ; hind tarsi five-jointed, red, less densely 

 pubescent beneath ; genital organs testaceous. 



Length 12 mm. 



Habitat : Jataney, Prov. Goyaz, Brazil. Coll. M. de Saule. 



The unusual proportions of the basal flagellar joints in § are 

 very characteristic. 



34. RUFOFEJIORATUS Szepl. 



Stephanus ritfofemoratus Szepl., p. 532, S . 



S . Frons coarsely rugose, vertex transrugose, occiput coarsely 

 rugose; posterior margin of head bordered. Flagellar joints 

 normal. Neck rugose, semiannular smooth, diffusely punctate. 

 Mesonotum coarsely punctate, shining ; scutellum smooth and 

 shining. Mesopleuree closely punctate and shining. Median 

 segment diffusely and coarsely punctate and shining. Petiole 

 only basally rugose, remainder smooth and shining, as long as 

 rest of abdomen. Hind legs with coxas shining, diffusely rugose ; 

 femora smooth, bidentate; tarsi five-jointed. 



