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the pimctation becoming- coarser posteriorly. Mesonotiim scarcely 
long-er than the pronotnm : scutellnm half longer than the mesonotum. 
JSletathorax excavated behind, the cavity coppery, faintly aciculated 
medially and punctate around the sides. Metapleurse purplish blue, 
coarsely punctate. Abdomen ovate, more or less compressed especially 
at the tip ; sixth segment carinate above ; fourth segment longest. All 
cox£e green ; femora bluish, the hind pair reddish ; base and tips of 
tibiae and tarsi except last joint whitish, the tibiae medially rufous. 
The legs are all rather stout, but the femora are not particularly 
thickened. The body is more or less sparsely whitish hairy, and the 
fourth, fifth and sixth segments each bear a well marked spot of white 
pubescence on each side. Wing-s with a brown cloud that- extends 
entirely across the wing, although it is stronger in front where it 
extends apically a short distance along the costa beyond the post- 
marginal vein. ]Marg-inal vein four or five times as long as thick ; 
postmarginal a trifle longer and the stigmal two-thirds as long, 
knobbed. 
One female from Brownsville, Texas. Air. Schaeffer. 
This is the first representative of this handsome and attractive 
genus to be found in Xorth America, other species being known 
only from Tropical South America and the Island of Grenada, in 
the Caribbean Sea. 
The occurrence of this, together with the other Chalcidid 
genera K a pal a, Schizaspidia and Chalcedectcs, is extremely inter- 
esting and serves to emphasize the truly neotropical character of 
the fauna in this part of Texas. All these genera occur commonly 
in Brazil, where they reach their highest development. Kapala 
is also represented by a species from southern Florida, but none of 
the others have hitherto been found within our faunal limits. 
FAMILY EUCHARID.^:. 
Schizaspidia septentrionalis sp. nov. 
Female. Length 7 mm. Black, marked with luteous or testaceous ; 
legs pale testaceous. Head black, twice as wide as high, coarsely 
striate, the striae vertical on the sides of the face above, but curving in 
