1908] Bmes, ^ (yrtft Anicriran rarasUia riymenoptera. VIL 
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Fig-. 2. Hcphratoulcs nnictilafii^i sp. nov. Female. 
mesonotum, the scntellum more coarsely so, rounded behind and as 
long as the pronotum. Metathorax punctate with a deep smooth 
longitudinal sulcus. Abdomen oval, very sharp above, as long as the 
thorax. First segment very small, following four segments of nearly 
equal length, sixth and seventh much shorter, the latter punctulate, 
eig'ht forming an aculeus about as long as one of the basal segments. 
Legs stout, especialh^ the anterior and posterior femora; anterior 
femora with an obtuse lobe below toward the apex and denticulate for 
its entire length ; posterior femora as larg'e as the anterior ones and 
faintly denticulate below medially ; posterior tibia with two short 
spurs. Wings hyaline, veins yellow ; marginal vein one-f ortli the 
length of the submarginal ; stigmal one-half as long as the marginal, 
knobbed ; postmarginal one-fourth longer than the marginal. Head 
black on the vertex and occiput, elsewhere yellow ; prothorax yellow 
except the dorsum and a fine marginal line posteriorly on the pleurae ; 
mesothorax except tegulae, and metathorax entirely black ; abdomen 
yellow, with the extreme base, a dorsal line to near the tip, lower basal 
one-half and an in-egular subapical spot black, aculeus black. Legs 
3'ellow, all femora and tibise with abbreviated black lines exteriorly. 
One specimen, Brownsville, Texas, sent me by Mr. Charles 
Schaefifer. This is a most interesting insect, of undoubted tropi- 
cal affinities and I believe generically distinct from Bephrata 
Cameron. 
