76 Z. BOUCEK 



(MCZ, Cambridge & BMNH); Cucuta, 18-20.vii.1930, 1 <J (H. J. MacGillavry) 

 (ZM, Amsterdam). Venezuela: between La Paz and Concepcion, 16.vii.1930, 

 1$ (H. J. MacGillavry) (ZM, Amsterdam). 



Leucospis signifera sp. n. 



(Text-fig. 77) 



$• 9-5-10-0 mm. Black, with faint dark greenish tint on head, propodeum and metapleurum 

 and slightly bluish tinge, sometimes more conspicuous, on upper mesopleurum; pale yellow are: 

 spot on scapus, narrow line at hind margin of pronotum interrupted medially (sometimes much 

 reduced), scutellum except very narrowly basally and in median line anteriorly (very character- 

 istic for the species, Text-fig. 77), dorsellum except basally, vertical spot on upper mesepisternum, 

 cross-band near hind margin of first tergite, sometimes similar narrow line at hind margin of 

 fifth tergite and small line beneath on sixth tergite, then narrow line along front edge of fore and 

 mid tibia, narrow dorsal edge and a ventral spot apically on hind coxa and, more conspicuously, 

 along dorsal and ventral edge of hind femur which has also a longitudinal streak on inner side; 

 narrowly spine of hind tibia. Base of antenna sometimes reddish. Wings with veins indicated 

 by infumate lines, moderately infumate along anterior margin, mainly fore wing, otherwise 

 subhyaline. 



Morphologically very similar to L. colombiana sp. n. described above; most characters apply 

 to both species. Head dorsally about 2-3 times as broad as long; occipital carina high, beyond 

 ocelli lowered but not interrupted, sharp dorsally on the very narrow temples; POL fully 1-2 

 times OOL, ocellar triangle 2-5 : 1. Head in facial view 1-28 times as broad as high; inner 

 orbit of eyes conspicuously emarginate; face fairly convex, vertically rugulose-punctured, 

 extremely shortly pubescent; interantennal and supraclypeal area medially convex but not 

 carinate. Relative measurements: height of head 49, width of frontovertex 37, scrobes 28-5, 

 lower face width 34-5 and height 23-5, eye 33 : 22, malar space 9, mouth 24. Clypeus 1-15 

 times as broad as high, subtriangular, lower margin subincised medially, broadly bilobed, 

 surface slightly depressed at excision. Upper edge of mandibles broadly truncate, notch 

 separating lower tooth not very deep. Scapus about 2-5 times as long as broad; flagellum 

 plus pedicellus combined 1-18 times as long as breadth of head, slightly clavate, apically 1*7 

 times as broad as pedicellus; first flagellar segment 1-35, second nearly 1-5, eighth 0-9, clava 

 i-6 times as long as broad, subacuminate. 



Puncturation of thorax regular, dense, not very coarse, narrow interspaces everywhere 

 present. Pronotum convex, without a trace of premarginal carina, hind margin moderately 

 carinate, broadly emarginate; in dorsal view sides convergent, straight to slightly convex. 

 Scutellum weakly convex, 1-18-1-24 times as broad as long, not depressed at hind margin. 

 Dorsellum about 3 times as broad as long, crescentic, margined with distinct laminate upturned 

 carina, this medially lowered; admarginal groove broadened and deep medially; dorsal surface 

 coarsely punctured, moderately hairy. Propodeum medially not or slightly longer than 

 dorsellum, relatively densely hairy; plicae obliterated. Upper mesepisternum irregularly and 

 rather densely punctured, interspaces microreticulate ; upper mesepimerum less densely and 

 more coarsely punctured, interspaces on disc half as broad as punctures or broader, dull, finely 

 obliquely strigose. Hind femur relatively slender, basal tooth situated in basal third of femur, 

 strong, followed by 9-1 1 small teeth. 



Gaster: first tergite 0-63-0-67 the width of the broadest part and itself 1-4-1 -5 times as long 

 as broad; part beyond first tergite broadest just behind its first third. Ovipositor reaching 

 anterior margin of propodeum. 



(J. 9-10 mm. In colour as § but pronotum, mesopleurum and gaster (except second sternite 

 which is extensively yellow sublaterally) without yellow markings. Inner edge of scape not 

 sharp. First tergite subdepressed, with parallel-edged sides, fully 1 -35 times as long as broad 

 and only o -44 times as broad as the long-oval carapace of remaining segments ; pubescence of 



