458 . MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



Tribe V. Dirhinini. 



Genus HONTALIA Cameron. 



HONTALIA CAMERONI, Sp. HOV. 



(Plate XXXII., Fig. 4.) 



Female. — Length 6.1 mm.; ovipositor 3.5 mm. Blue, with a shght greenish tinge 

 the head and thorax coarsely punctate, the metanotum and the metapleura metallic 

 green ; abdomen aeneous black, the petiole longitudinally striate, the second segment 

 very large, smooth, impunctate, the following segments united not longer than the 

 second and oiicroscopically shagreened ; eyes light brown ; ocelli pale ; antennae 

 brown; front and middle legs, except cox*, ferruginous, the tarsi paler, more of a 

 yellowish-white ; hind legs aeneous black, except the long coxae which are bluish 

 and the tarsi which are yellowish-white. Wings hj^aline, tinged with yellowish, the 

 veins light bi'own. 



Brazil: Santarem. One specimen. 



Named in honor of Mr. Peter Cameron. 



HONTALIA KIRBYI, Sp. nOV. 



(PlateXXXIL, Fig. 5.) 



Male. — Length 3.5 mm. iEneons black, reticulately punctate, the mesopleura 

 with an opaque, shagreened depression that extends from the tegulse to the middle 

 coxse, the metanotum with several carinse ; the hind tarsi, the front and middle legs, 

 except coxse, the thickened portion of the femora, and a large part of the tibiae basally 

 are honey-^^ellow or testaceous ; the abdominal petiole is longitudinally striate, the 

 second abdominal segment, except apically, being smooth and polished, the apex of 

 the second segment and the following segments are finely microscopically punctate. 



Brazil : Santarem. Two specimens. 



Family LXIII. EURYTOMID.E. 

 Tribe I. Aximini. 



Genus AXIMA Walker. 



TABLE OF SPECIES. 



1. Males 5 



Females. 



Wings hyaline, without a blackish band at base. 2 



Wings hyaline, rvith a broad blackish band at base. 



Front legs, except tips of the tibise, red ,.,.....,... .A. spinifrons Walker. 



