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concolorous with the body, the sutures of the trochanters yellowish, the tibiae sub- 

 dilated towards apex, the hind tibise subcorapressed, ending in two short spurs, the 

 middle tibise ending in one strong spur, the middle tarsi dilated with joints one to 

 four armed with two rows of black teeth beneath. 

 Brazil : Santarem. One specimen. 



Genus IDOLEUPELMUS Ashmead. 



IDOLBUPELMUS ANNTJLicoRNis Ashmead. 



Idoleupelnms annulicornis Ashmead, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, IV., 1896, p. 13, 

 9.— Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 271. 

 Brazil : Santarem. West Indies : St. Vincent. 



Genus MACREUPELMUS Ashmead, 



Macreupelmus brasiliensis Ashmead. 



(Plate XXXVII., Fig. 2.) 



Macreupelmus brasiliensis Ashmead, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, IV., 1896, p. 14, 

 $.— Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 271. 

 Brazil : Santarem. Four specimens. 



Genus ISCHNOPSIS Ashmead. 



ISCHNOPSIS THORACICA Sp. nOV. 



Female. — Length 3.5 mm. Head metallic green, finely punctate, the face. with 

 a fine, glittering white pubescence ; eyes black ; antennae, thorax, legs and abdo- 

 men honey-yellow. The abdomen is longer than the head and thorax united, and 

 tinged with fuscous towards apex, the ovipositor short, but distinct. 



Brazil : Santarem. One specimen. 



ISCHNOPSIS CYANEA Sp. nOV.. 



Female. — Length 3.5 mm. Uniformly dark blue, the thorax with a greenish 

 tinge in certain lights, closely finely punctate, and clothed with short, scale-like, 

 white hairs ; the tibial spurs and the tarsi, except toward apex, yellowish-white, the 

 basal joints always white ; eyes large, converging above, brown and faintly pubes- 

 cent. Wings hyaline, veins light brown. 



Brazil: Santarem. 



Genus EUPELMUS Dalman. 

 EirPELMUS AMERICANUS Spinola. 



Eupelmus f americanus Spinola, Mem. accad. sc. Torino (2), XIII. , 1851, p. 47 

 Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 273. 

 Brazil : Para. 



