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reddish spot basally both above and beneath, the petiole shagreened. The joints of 

 the funicle are long, the last joint being fully thrice as long as thick. 

 ' Brazil : Porto Branca, in April. One specimen. 



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EUPLECTRUS CORITMBiE, Sp. nOV. 



Female. — Length 1.5 mm. ^Eneous black, the clypeus black ; first three joints 

 of antennae and the legs, including all coxse, pale honey yellow or yellowish-white ; 

 rest of antennse brown ; basal half of abdomen beneath and above testaceous ; other- 

 wise hardly distinguishable from E. brasiliensis, except that the last three joints of 

 the funicle are much shorter than in that species, being only a little longer than 

 thick. 



Brazil : Corumba, in May. One specimen. 



EUPLECTRUS SOLITARIUS, Sp. nOV. 



Male. — Length 2 mm. ^neous black, the clypeus testaceous ; antennse and 

 legs, including coxse, yellowish-white ; body of abdomen rufous at basal half above 

 and with a small spot of the same color beneath ; the petiole is more than twice as 

 long as thick, shagreened. 



Brazil : Rio de Janeiro, in November. One specimen. 



EUPLECTRUS CHAPAD^, Sp. noV. 



Male. — Length 1.6 mm. ^neous black, the clypeus and the cheeks testaceous ; 

 flagellum, including the pedicel brown ; scape of antennse.and the legs, including all 

 cox£e, yellowish-white ; body of abdomen, except apically and a streak along the 

 sides, rufous or testaceous. 



Brazil : Chapada, in April. Two specimens (one badly broken). 



'Tribe II. Ophelinini. 



Genus AEDALUS Howard. 

 Ardalus howarjdii, sp. nov. 



Male. — Length 1.3 mm. Black; the mandibles and the flagellum are testa- 

 ceous ; the trochanters, base and tips of femora, base of hind tibiae, and rest of the 

 legs pale yellowish, the femora, except as noted, and the apical two thirds of the 

 hind tibiae being brown or brown black. The head is smooth, impunctate, the eyes 

 grayish-brown, pubescent, the ocelli red ; flagellum filiform, tapering off towards 

 apex, the funicle joints loosely joined, the last fully twice longer than thick, the pre- 

 ceding joints a little longer. The thorax is rather coarsely rugalose, the metathorax 

 polished, with two median carinas and some wrinkles on each side. Wings hyaline. 



