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abdomen conic-ovate, the basal half pale ferruginous, the apical half black ; hind 

 legs mostly black, the hind coxse reddish at base above, the hind femora with three 

 large whitish spots, the tibise black or brown-black, the tarsi white. 

 Brazil : Corumba, in May. One specimen. 



Spilochalcis santarema, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 4 mm. Head mostly yellow, the occiput black, the vertex 

 brownish at the middle ; flagellum black ; thorax black beneath and at apex, the 

 pronotum yellow, the mesonotum reddish or reddish -brown, the lobes margined 

 with yellow, the middle lobe blackish down the center, the scutellum black mar- 

 gined with yellow ; body of abdomen ovate, ferruginous, the petiole yellow and 

 about thrice as long as thick, the sheaths of the ovipositor black; the front and 

 middle legs are entirely yellow, the hind legs are mostly black, their femora with a 

 large yellow spot at the upper outer angle and a small spot beneath it, their tibiae 

 narrowly black or dark fuscous at base and at apical third, Avhile the tarsi are yel- 

 low. Wings hyaline, the veins brown-black. 



Brazil : Santarem. One specimen. 



Spilochalcis erythrogaster, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 5.5 mm. Black, coarsely punctate ; orbits, face below insertion 

 of antennse, the dorsum of pronotum, the margins of the middle raesothoracic lobe,- 

 the lateral lobes outwardly, the tegulse, two large spots on the scutellum, a spot en- 

 closing the metathoracic spiracles, the short abdominal petiole, and the front and 

 middle legs, yellow ; the hind legs are mostly black, the tarsi, a spot at base of coxse 

 above and three spots on hind femora, yellow ; body of abdomen ovate, rufous, the 

 sheaths of the ovipositor black. Wings hyaline, the veins brown-black. 



Brazil : Chapada and Santarem. Two specimens. 



Spilochalcis flavoaxillaris, sp. nov. 

 Female. — Length 7.5 mm. Black, coarsely punctate ; orbits a A-shaped mark 

 on the face below the insertion of the antennae, the clypeus, the dorsum of the pro- 

 notum, except a line at the sides, the margins of the middle mesothoracic lobe, the 

 outer margins of the lateral lobes, a line across the base of the scutellum and the 

 axillae, yellow ; the abdomen, except the petiole, the base of the second segment, a 

 band at the base of the third and fourth segments which are black, is mostly yellow ; 

 the front and middle legs are yellowish and ferruginous marked with black, the 

 hind legs black and yellow ; the hind coxae are black with a small yellow spot at 

 apex and a yellow stripe above, the hind femora are yellow with a black line at 



