472 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



LiEATA SURGENS (Walker). 



Thoracantha surgens Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), I., 1862, p. 384, c^. 

 Lirata surgens Shipp, The Entom., XXVII. , 1894, p. 188. — Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., 

 v., 1898, p. 367. 

 Brazil : Santarem. 



Genus KAPALA Cameron. 

 Kapala Alta (Walker). 



Thoracantha alta Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), I., 1862, p. 383, 9. — Dalla 

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

 Brazil. 



Kapala anchura (Walker). 



Thoracantha anchurus Walker, List Chalc. Brit. Mus., I., 1846, p. 88. — Dalla Torre, 



Cat. Hym., 1898, p. 365. 

 Brazil. 



Kapala ftjrcata (Fabricius). 

 Eucharis furcata Fabricius, Syst. Piez., 1804, p. 158, 9. — Latreille, Gen. Crust, et 



Ins., III., 1807, p. 21. — Lamarck, Hist. nat. anim. s. vert., IV., 1817, p. 



160.— Lamarck, opus cit, Ed. 2^ IV., 1835, p. 370.— Walker, Monogr. 



Chalc, II., 1839, p. 65. 

 Eucharis flahellatus Fabricius, Syst. Piez., 1804, p. 158, d^. 

 Thoracantha furcata Walker, The Entom., I., 1841 ; PL 9, f. 2. 

 Chirocerus furcatus Brulle, Hist. nat. Ins. Hym., IV., 1846, p. 571 ; T. 38, f. 5.— 



Lucas, La Sagra's Hist, fis., etc., Cuba., VII., 1856, p. 762. — Desmarest, 



Chenu. Encycl. hist. nat. Annelles, 1860, p. 161 ; fig. 141. 

 Schizaspidia furcata Walker, Notes on Chalc, Pt. 4, 1871, p. 66, f. 2. — Walker, The 



Entom., VI., 1872, p. 88, fig. 

 Kapala furcata Cameron, Biol. Centr.-Am. Hym., I., 1884, p. 103; PL 5, f. 15. — 



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

 Brazil : Chapada, in May and April ; Santarem. Six female and four male 

 specimens. 



When in Berlin in the winter of 1889-90, I saw specimens of this species bear- 

 ing MS. names : Thoracantha elevata Westw., T. spinosa Illiger, etc 



Kapala inexagens (Walker). 

 Thoracantha inexagens Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), I., 1862, p. 381, 9. — 

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

 Brazil : Santarem (Bates) ; Chapada, in May. One specimen. 

 I am inclined to think this species is only a variety of K. furcata Fabr. 



