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Genus CLEONYMUS Latreille. 

 Cleonymxjs collaris Spinola. 

 Cleonymus collaris Spinola, Mem. accad. so. Torino (2), XIII., 1853, p. 46, 9. — 

 Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 182. 

 Brazil : Para. 



Genus TRIGONODERUS Westwood. 



Trigonoderus brasiliensis, sp. nov. 



(Plate XXXYT., Fig. 4.) 



Female. — Length 4 mm. Bronzed green, the face in front, the thorax at the 



sides and beneath, and the coxfe bluish-green ; abdomen elongate, conically pointed, 



much longer than the head and thorax united, blue-black, with a metallic seneous 



tinge at base ; scape, pedical, tegulse and legs, except as noted, honey-yellow, the 



hind femora dusky ; flagellum brown-black. Wings hyaline, the veins yellowish. 



Brazil : Chapada, in April. One specimen. 



Genus EPISTENIA Westwood. 



Epistenia iEQUALis Walker. 



EpiMenia asqualis Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), I., 1862, p. 392, 9. — Dalla 

 Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 177. 

 Brazil : San Paulo. 



Epistenia ania Walker. 



Epistenia ania Walker, List Chalc. Brit. Museum, I., 1846, p. 93, 9. — Dalla Torre, 



Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 177. 



Brazil. 



Epistenia basalis Walker. 



(Plate XXXV., Fig. 5.) 



Epistenia hasalis Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), I., 1862, p. 397, 9. — Dalla 

 Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 177. 

 Brazil : Tapagos (Bates) ; Santarem. Two specimens. 



Epistenia quadriplagiata Walker. 

 Epistenia quadriplagiata Walker, Notes on Chalc, Pt. 5, 1872, p. 85, 9. — Dalla 

 Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 178. 



Brazil. 



Epistenia scutata Walker. 



Epistenia scutata Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), I., 1862, p. 391, 9. — Dalla 

 Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 178. 

 Brazil. 



