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times as long as thick. The hind femora are armed with seventeen or eighteen 

 minute teeth. 



Brazil : Bahia. Taken by Mr. Albert Koebele, March 19, 1883. Named in 

 honor of Mr. Claude Morley. 



Spilochalcis apicalis, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 4 mm. Yellow ; the apical half of the flagellum, a spot on the 

 occiput, a spot on front face of the pronotum, a transverse spot at apex and a trans- 

 verse line at base of scutellum, a median line the entire length of the middle meso- 

 thoracic lobe, a central black spot on the metathorax, the extreme tips of hind coxse ; 

 and a spot at apex of hind femora, black. The abdomen is conic-ovate, the sheaths 

 of ovipositor black, the petiole being at least three times as long as thick. The hind 

 femora are armed with one large acute tooth, followed by twelve minute black teeth. 



Brazil : Rio de Janeiro. One specimen. 



Spilochalcis unilineata, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 6.5 to 7 mm. Yellow ; the flagellum, a small spot on the oc- 

 ciput, a dot on front face of pronotum, a central line on the middle mesothoracic 

 lobe, a transverse line at base of scutellum and a transverse spot at apex, and a spot 

 at apex of hind femora, black. The abdomen is fusiformly pointed, longer than the 

 head and thorax united, the apex and the sheaths of the ovipositor black, the petiole 

 being more than three times as long as thick. The hind femora are armed with one 

 large tooth, followed by about eighteen minute black teeth. 



West Indies : Trinidad. 



Spilochalcis lineocoxalis, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 4 mm. Yellow ; the occiput in part, a line along the malar 

 suture, teeth of mandibles, the flagellum above, a short line on the front face of the 

 pronotum, a small spot at the apex of the scutellum, a longitudinal median line 

 anteriorly and a transverse line at base, a median longitudinal line on the middle 

 mesothoracic lobe and a line across the anterior margin, a line between the pro- and 

 mesosternura, the mesopleural furrow, the metasternum, a stripe on hind coxse be- 

 neath and bands on the dorsum of the abdomen, black. The abdomen is fusiform, 

 the petiole about, or nearly, three times as long as thick. The hind femora are 

 armed with a moderately large tooth followed by about twelve minute black teeth. 



Brazil : Corumba, in May. One specimen. 



Spilochalcis fulleri, sp. nov. 

 Female. — Length 7 mm. Yellow; a transverse spot on occiput, the flagellum, a 

 triangular spot at apex of scutellum and three triangular spots at base, an oblong 



