5 o Z. BOUCEK 



(MCSN, Genoa). Brazil: Manaos, vii. 1930, 1 $ (Molndr) (TM, Budapest); Obidos, 

 2$ (partly Austen) (TM, Budapest and BMNH); Goyaz, 1$ (MNHN, Paris); 

 Amazonas, Alta de Chia on River Tabajos, 100 miles S. of Santarem, 1 $ (Bates) 

 (BMNH); Para, Belem, v. 1924, 1$ (F. X. Williams) (BBM, Honolulu); Para, 

 Benevides, x. 1918, 1$ (Klages) (CM, Pittsburgh); Mato Grosso, Corumba, 1$ 

 (EI, Zurich) ; Mato Grosso, Cerrado, 1 $ (Richards) ; Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia, 

 4$ (Plaumann) (BMNH). Peru: Satipo, 600 m, viii. 1940, 1$ (Weyrauch) (IML, 

 Tucuman) . 



Leucospis brasiliensis sp. n. 



(Text-figs 46-48) 



$. 8 -o-i 1 *5 mm. Black, without conspicuous metallic tint ; pale yellow are : scapus beneath, 

 narrow premarginal line on pronotum, narrow hind margin of scutellum, narrow oblique cross- 

 band anteriorly on first tergite, medially on fourth tergite, at hind margin of the fifth, medially 

 broadened curved lines on sixth tergite (avoiding spiracle), vertical streak on epipygium, inner 

 side of fore tibia, anterior edge of mid tibia, dorsal edge of hind coxa meeting with postero- 

 lateral and ventral maculae, hind femur along edges (narrowed at teeth) and hind tibia ventro- 

 apically. Fore wing yellowish brown, paler to subhyaline at hind margin. In para type 

 two spots at anterior margin of pronotum suggest another band, also lateral margins of meso- 

 scutum and hind margin of metapleurum narrowly yellow but apical streaks of gaster narrower. 



Head as broad as pronotum posteriorly, dorsally about 2-1 times as broad as long (Text-fig. 

 46). Occipital carina moderate, extending as far as eyes, but the very short temples hardly 

 carinate; POL about i-i times OOL; ocellar triangle 2:1, median ocellus not depressed but 

 surrounded by distinct groove; frontal protuberances moderate; scrobes carinate even at 

 ocellus, separated from it by narrow groove. Vertex rather regularly punctured, with indication 

 of rugae radiating from lateral ocellus laterally. Face finely vertically rugulose-punctured, 

 dull, with short dense pubescence. Head in facial view 1-2 times as broad as high, height to 

 width of lower face as 56 : 36. Relative measurements (same scale) : width of frontovertex 

 39, scrobes 24, eye 43 : 26 (moderately emarginate), malar space 8-5, width of mouth 27, 

 length of scape 17, height of lower face 29. Clypeus fully 1-2 times as broad as high, vertically 

 rugulose-punctured, weakly convex, lower margin laterally finely reflexed, bluntly bilobate 

 and with a broad median tooth. Scapus about 2*3 times as long as broad. Flagellum plus 

 pedicellus about 1*15 times as long as breadth of head, distinctly clavate, apically nearly twice 

 as broad as pedicellus; first flagellar segment about 1-7 times, fifth i-i, eighth about o-8 times 

 as long as broad, clava fully 1-5 times as long as broad. Antenna in smaller paratype more 

 clavate. 



Puncturation of thorax rather fine, dense, but on lateral parts of mesoscutum posteriorly 

 and on scutellum interspaces reaching one-quarter to one-third width of punctures, on scutellar 

 disc even broader and nearly smooth; pubescence short. Pronotum with narrow premarginal 

 carina, hind margin only weakly carinate, nearly straight ; sides converging, distinctly concave, 

 anterior corner prominent; lateral panel broadly moderately concave, lower corner subrec- 

 tangular-rounded. Mesoscutum posteriorly hardly more coarsely punctured than anteriorly, 

 very shallowly depressed submedially ; parapsidal vestiges shorter than their distance from outer 

 margin. Scutellum about 1-28-1 -40 times as broad as long, fairly convex, not distinctly 

 depressed before apex. Dorsellum fully 3 times as broad as long, strongly regularly convex, 

 dorsally punctured with interspaces as on scutellum, hairs sparse; not carinate. Propodeum 

 moderately hairy, hairs on median area directed forwards; medially about 1-5 times as long 

 as dorsellum, low median carina distinct, plicae straight. Mesopleural depression deep; upper 

 mesepisternum and epimerum regularly punctured, interspaces smooth and on disc about as 

 broad as punctures. Fore femur and tibia not carinate dorsally. Hind coxa very broad, 

 laterally about 1-3 times as long as broad; dorsal edge sparsely punctured, nearly straight, 



