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transversely striated. The head is coarsely shagreened, with some irregular elevated 

 lines. The antennee are short, the first joint being very long, clavate, about the 

 length of the scape, or nearly as long as all remaining joints united, the second fun- 

 icle joint only a little longer than thick, the following transverse. 



The male differs from the female only slightly in the antennsB. The first joint 

 of the fiagellum is a little shorter about the length of the fiagellum, the funicle 

 joints two to four being much wider, subdentate above. 



Brazil : Santarem. Tavo specimens. 



Genus DILOCANTHA Shipp. 



DiLOCANTHA FLAVICORNIS (Walker). 



Thoracantha flavicornis Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), I., 1862, p. 382. — 

 Westwood, Thesaur. ent. Oxon., 1874, p. 153 ; PI. 28, f 3. 



Dilocantha flavicornis Shipp, The Entom., XXVIL, 1894, p. 184. — Dalla Torre, Cat. 

 Hym., v., 1898, p. 366. 

 Brazil : Villa Nova (Bates). 



Genus ISOMERALIA Shipp. 



ISOMERALIA CORONATA (WestWOOd). 



Thoracantha coranata Westwood, Thesaur. ent. Oxon., 1874, p. 154; PL 28, f. 10. 

 Isomer alia cor anata Shipp., The Entom., XXVIL, 1894, p. 188. — Dalla Torre, Cat. 

 Hym., v., 1898, p. 366. 

 Brazil : Bonito Provence, Pernambuco (Albert Koebele). 



Genus LIE AT A Cameron. 

 LiRATA BATESELLA (WestwOod). 



Thoracantha bateseUa Westwood, Thesaur. ent. Oxon., 1874, p. 154 ; PL 28, f. 8, c?. 

 —Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 365. 

 Brazil : Santarem. One male specimen. 



LiRATA PALLESCENS (Walker). 



Thoracantha pallescens Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), I., 1862, p. 380, d^. 

 Lirata ^aliens Shipp, The Entom., XXVIL, 1894, p. 188. — Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., 

 v., 1898, p. 367. 



Brazil : Villa Nova (Bates) ; Chapada, in March and November. Four speci- 

 mens, two males. 



The female has not been described. It may be easily recognized by the differ- 

 ence in the antennae ; the first joint of the funicle is very long, as long or a little 

 longer than the scape, or nearly as long as all the remaining joints united, acute 

 at apex above, joints two to four of funicle short but also acute at apex above. 



