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2. Pronotum not wholly black, red at the sides 3 



Pronotura wholly black ; frontal spines distinct but not acute. 



Antennae, except a streak on the scape beneath and at base, and the legs, except knees, tibise 

 and tarsi, black ; kuees, tibise and tarsi honey-yellow, the middle and hind tibitE faintly dusky 

 at the middle ; abdomen wholly black A. koebelei, sp. nov. 



3. Frontal spines very minute, nearly obsolete 4 



Frontal spines long, acute, twice longer than wide at base. 



Trochanters, knees, tips of tibise and tarsi, honey-yellow ; abdomen with a reddish spot on sides 

 of fourth and fifth segments A. brasiliensis, sp. nov. 



4. Face below antennse, sides of pronotum, sides of the fifth abdominal segment and most of the sixth, 



red ; trochanters, knees, tips of tibise and the tarsi, honey-yellow ; antennse rather short, black, 

 except the scape at base ; scutellum and metanotum sometimes reddish A. brevicornis, sp. nov. 



5. Frontal spines indistinct, nearly obsolete 6 



Frontal spines distinct A. spinifrons Walker. 



6. Wholly black, except the legs, the knees, tibise and tarsi honey-yellow, the middle and hind tibise 



sometimes dusky or fuscous medially ; antennse long, the funicle joints long, contracted medially, 

 each funicle joint with two whorls of long sparse hairs A. hrericornis. 



AxiMA SPINIFRONS Walker. 



Axima spinifrons Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), I., 1862, p. 374. — Kirby, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., XVIL, 1883, pi. 57 ; PI. 3, f. 19.— Dalla Torre, Cat. 

 Hym., v., 1898, p. 35. 

 Brazil : St. Paul. 



Axima koebelei, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 4.5 mm. Black ; scape beneath and basall}^ tegulfc, trochan- 

 ters, knees, tips of tibi?e and the tarsi honey-yellow ; pronotum, except a median 

 stripe, and spots on sides of the fifth and the sixth abdominal segments, red. 



The frontal spines are large, acute, and fully twice as long as wide at base. 



Type.— Cat. No. 6394, U. S. N. M. 



Brazil : Bonito Prov., Pernambuco. (Mr. Albert Koebele.) 



Axima brasiliensis, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 4.5 mm. Resembles A. koebelei, but differs in color. It is black, 

 with the face below the antennse, the cheeks, the pronotum except a median stripe, 

 the metathorax at apex and at sides, and the sides of the fourth and fifth abdominal 

 segments, red ; trochanters, knees, tips of tibi?e and the tarsi, honey-yellow. 



Type.— Cat. No. 6395, U. S. N. M. 



Brazil : Bonito Prov., Pernambuco. (Mr. Albert Koebele.) 



Axima brevicornis, sp. nov. 

 Female. — Length 4 to 4.6 mm. Black ; the face below the insertion of the an- 

 tennae, the sides of the pronotum, the presternum, sometimes the metapleura and the 



