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three joints of the funicle and the club which are black or dark fuscous, are yellow- 

 ish ; the legs are brownish or fuscous, the trochanters yellowish, the hind tibiae 

 compressed, the hind margin of same being white ; joints one to three of the mid- 

 dle tarsi and joints two and three and apex of joint one of the hind tarsi white. 

 The front wings, except the basal one third and the apical one fourth, fuscous, the 

 base and apex hyaHne. 



Type.— Cat. No. 7661, U. S. N. M. 



Brazil : Pernambuco. (Mr. Albert Koebele.) 



Genus ANASTATUS Motschulsky. 



TABLE OF SPECIES. 



1. Thorax and abdomen mostly metallic blue or green 2 



Thorax and abdomen honey-yellow, or for the greater part. 



Thorax honey-yellow ; head gold-green, closely punctate ; front wings subfuscous, the basal third 

 a transverse band before the apex and two triangular spots, vis-d-vis, beneath the marginal 

 vein, hyaline or white A. auriceps, sp. nov. 



Thorax yellowish but with the middle mesothoracic lobe and the metanotum bluish-green ; head 

 metallic green, closely punctate ; front wings fuscous, with a band at base, and another across 

 from the base of the stigmal vein, hyaline A. coreophagus, sp. nov. 



2. Metallic blue-green or bluish 3 



Metallic green, the disk of the mesonotum purplish, the mesoi^leura posteriorly, the ridge in front of the 



tegulse, and a band at base of the abdomen honey-yellow ; front wings subfuscous, the basal third 

 and a transverse band across from the marginal vein, hyaline or white A. pleuralis, sp. nov. 



3. Collar and base of abdomen not yellow 4 



Collar and base of abdomen yellow or whitish. 



Head gold-green ; front wings fuscous with the basal third, and a band across from before the stig- 

 mal vein, hyaline A. basalis, sp. nov. 



4. Abdomen finely punctate or shagreened, with a yellowish band at base ; front wings fuscous, paler at 



tips, the basal third hyaline, the disk with a narrow transverse band from the apex of the marginal 



vein A. punctiventris, sp. nov. 



Abdomen smooth, aeneous black ; front wings fuscous, the basal third, and a transverse band across the 

 disk before the origin of the stigmal vein, hyaline A. unifasciatus, sp. nov. 



Anastatus auriceps, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 2.5-3 mm. Head metallic gold-green, punctate, the thorax, 

 abdomen, legs and antennae, except the club, honey-yellow, the palpi white. 



The thorax and abdomen are smooth, impunctate ; the metathorax has a me- 

 tallic band at base, enclosing the spiracles and on the dorsum of the abdomen later- 

 all}^ are a few fuscous spots. The antennae, except the club, are yellow, the flagellum 

 subclavate, twice the length of the scape. The front wings are subfuscous, with the 

 basal third, a transverse band before apex, and two triangular spots vis-a-vis beneath 

 the marginal vein, hyaline or w^hitish. 



