46 z. bouCek 



same lot sent by Meyen), he mentioned also Berlin, where a male was labelled 

 'Type' and 'rufipes'' a manuscript name given by Klug. I designate as lectotype 

 a male from Valparaiso, mentioned in 1834 by Westwood. 



The pale markings (Westwood, 1839: pi. 3, fig. 3) are sometimes reduced, but 

 this has no taxonomic importance and anyway, the male described by Strand 

 as var. obscurascens is well within the range of variation. In some specimens 

 the white on the thorax is reduced to a narrow line on the pronotum and on the 

 gaster reduced almost completely. Sometimes also the red colour is reduced and 

 in a small male (5.5 mm) the hind femur is completely black. 



This is a distinctive species, mainly due to its unusual colour and is well 

 recognizable already from Schletterer's key. 



Biology. L. hopei is known as a parasite of the bee Megachile rancaguensis 

 Friese. Janvier (1933 : 295-298) described its ovipositing into the cells of the 

 bee containing prepupae in cocoons and described and figured (fig. 34) its larva. 



Distribution. Peru, Chile, Argentina. Mainly confined to the Andes; in 

 Chile also in the coastal regions. 



Material examined. 



Type data given in synonymy. 



Peru: Cuzco, 1849, I2 ?> 4 c? {Gay) (MNHN, Paris). Chile: Punta Moreno nr 

 Antofagasta; Coquimbo region: La Serena, La Junta, Los Choros, Rivadavia, 

 Illapel; Aconcagua region: Rio Blanco; Limache; Valparaiso region: Casa Blanca, 

 Olmue; Santiago region: El Peumo, Estero d. Templo, Las Condes, Pudahuel, 

 Quilicura, La Rinconada-Maipu, San Bernardino; Rancagua; Prov. O'Higgins, 

 Tonlemo; Cordillera Curico, Los Queries, La Jaula, 1300 m; Linares; Conception; 

 Los Angeles; Angol; and the following which I could not locate: Marga-Marga, 

 Bafios de Cauquau, Quilacora, Chubut, Calera, Novara; apparently common 

 throughout Central Chile; x.-xii., i.-iii., 63$, 109^ (various depositories). 

 Argentina: Mendoza, Uspallata, i. 1947, 1$ (Willink); Las Vegas, nr Potrerillos, 

 1966, 1 $ (Stange) ; San Juan, Leonuto, nr CaUingasta, 2550 m, vii. 1966, 1 $ 3 $ 

 (Willink & Stange) (IML, Tucuman); Rio Negro, Bariloche, i. 1968, 1 $ (Naumann) 

 (NM, Vienna), El Bolson, 1 £ (/. Foerster) (SM, Lawrence); Paso Flores, iii. 1963, 1 £ 

 (FCNM, La Plata) ; N.W. Patagonia, xii. 1919, 1 $ (H. E. Box) (BMNH) ; Chubut, 

 Esquel, 5.XU.1950, 3 $, 6 $ (Andrae) (IML, Tucuman); Pto. Piramides P. Valdez, 

 17.1.1968, 1 ? (L. Stange) (IML, Tucuman). 



Leucospis propinqua Schletterer 

 (Text-fig. 52) 



Leucospis propinqua Schletterer, 1890 : 277-279, $. LECTOTYPE $ (here designated), Brazil; 

 Santa Catarina, Blumenau (NM, Vienna) [examined]. 



I traced only one of the original syntypes and designate this as lectotype. 

 The species is very close to L. leucotelus Walker and in spite of being collected 

 quite often in some parts of south-eastern Brazil, its hosts are not yet known. 



