ASHMEAD : CLASSIFICATION OF THE CHALCID FLIES 435 



Spilochalcis maculata, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 6.5 mm. Black, coarsely punctate ; orbits, a line connecting 

 the ocelli, face below antennee, cheeks, the scape, the dorsum of pronotum, except a 

 triangular black spot at basal lateral angles, the margins of the middle mesotho- 

 racic lobe, the outer margins of the lateral lobes, the scutellum except a central 

 black line, the metathorax except a transverse line at base, the tegul^e, a spot beneath, 

 the anterior margin of the mesopleura, a large spot on the side of the metapleura 

 and the legs, except the hind femora, yellow ; the hind femora have a large black 

 spot toward base, a black spot at apex beneath, and a black spot above toward apex. 

 The abdomen is short ovate, banded with black, the petiole about four times as 

 long as thick. 



Brazil : Chapada, in December. One specimen. 



Spilochalcis hemfeli sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 8.5 mm. Head, except the occiput and the scrobes, which are 

 black, yellow ; scape and apex of the flagellum yellow, the first five joints of the 

 funicle black ; prothorax, except the front face, the margins of the middle meso- 

 thoracic lobe, the lateral margins of the lateral lobes, the scutellum except a large 

 oblong, central black spot, the metathorax, except a narrow, central black line, the 

 sides of the thorax and the legs, except the minute black teeth on the hind femora 

 and a black stripe on the hind tibise beneath, yellow. The abdomen is conically pro- 

 duced, longer than the head and thorax united, the eighth segment being styliform, 

 the petiole very short transverse ; it is yellowish with dorsal segments three to six 

 more or less dusky or fuscous basally and appearing banded, when viewed from 

 above. 



Male. — Length 5.4 mm. Differs from the female in the shape of the abdomen 

 which is long oval, the petiole being about four times as long as thick, the dorsal 

 segments not banded, while the hind femora have a large black spot on inner face 

 near the upper margin. 



Brazil : Santarem. 



Named in honor of Mr. Adolph Hempel. 



Spilochalcis devia, sp. nov. 

 Female. — Length 6 mm. Yellow ; a spot on vertex extending on to the occiput, 

 and a line in the antennal depression, black ; flagellum brown at base but becoming 

 fulvous from the third joint ; thorax mostly yellow but marked with black as fol- 

 lows : The prothorax is yellow with a small black spot on each side above and a 

 large transverse black band on the front face or the declivity ; the middle meso- 



