72 Jos. Kriechbaiimer: 



Cresson nennt die Grundfarbe „bright lemon-yellow", während 

 die Abbildung Cameron's selbe hell braunroth erscheinen lässt. 



Vaterland: Mexico. (In der Sendung des Wiener Museums fand 

 ich diese Art in einer grossen Anzahl von Bilimek gesammelter 

 Expl. beiderlei Geschlechts und in verschiedenen Varietäten; in der 

 des Berliner Museums ein einzelnes cf mit der Bezeichnung „Ja- 

 lappa. Deppe.") 



32. Microjoppa geniculata Cam. 

 Joppa geniculata Cam. in Ent. Mo. Mag. XXI (1884), p. 105 ^ 

 „ Nigro-viotacea., facie, metapleuris, abdoniinis segmentis 1 — 2, 

 coxis, trochanteribus, femorüms tibiisque proparte flavis; alis 

 violaceis, albo-fasciatis. Long. 16 — 18 mm. (Geschlecht nicht an- 

 gegeben.) 



Hab.: Gubilguitz, Vera Paz and Volcan de Chiriqui (Cham- 

 pion)." 



Joppa geniculata Cam. in Biol. Centr. Amer. Hym. 199, 18 

 n885). 



(Diagnose wie oben.) 



„Hab.: Guatemala, Gubilguitz and Panima in Vera Paz 

 (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500 to 4000 feet 

 (Champion). 



Face almost impunctate; mesonotum shining, minutely punctured, 

 the lower part and the sides of the pleurae punctured. Scutellum 

 flat, the sides bordered, very obscurely striated, and with a few 

 punctures on the top. Base of the metonotum smooth and shining, 

 the rest punctured, striated and reticulated irregularly, the reticu- 

 lations being most conspicuous on the area next the upper median; 

 middle of the metanotum excavated, but not very deeply. Petiole 

 smooth, shining; postpetiole broad, hoUow in the centre, longitudinally 

 striated above; the sides smooth, impunctate; the second and the 

 basal three three fourths of the third segment longitudinally striated, 

 punctured at the sides, the apical segment microscopically punctured. 

 The inner and lower orbits of the eyes, the face below the antennae, 

 the mandibles, and the palpi are lemon-yellow ; but there may be a 

 large black mark below the antennae extending to the clypeus or 

 near to it. The sides of the collar are sometimes more or less 

 yellow. The tibiae and femora are entirely yellow in front; the an- 

 terior ones are allmost entirely black behind; the posterior knees 

 and the apices of the tibiae only are black; the anterior tibiae are 

 yellowish at the base; the third abdominal segment at the sides is 

 usually yellow above. The metanotum is sometimes yellowish at the 



