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CATALOGUE OF 
postico bispinoso ; scutellum luteum, transverse suhtiUter striatum; 
abdomen flavo marginatum, subtus Jlavo bituberculatum ei oblique 
sexstrigatum ; femora postica crassa, subtuberculata ; tibice posticce 
latce ; alee anticce fulvce, membrana cenea fulvo venosa. i 
Male. Ferruginous, slender. Eyes piceous, very prominent. 
Rostrum tawny, extending a little beyond the fore cox®; first joint pale 
testaceous, as long as the second; third shorter than the second; fourth 
longer than the second, tip black. Antennae slender, about half the length 
of the body ; joints from the first to the third successively decreasing in 
length; ‘fourth a little longer than the first. Prolhorax scabrous, a broad 
piceous baud near the fore border; an elongated luteous spot in the disk ; 
transverse ridge near the hind border very slight; sides straight, slightly 
retuse ; hind angles slightly acute, rather prominent; hind border with a ) 
short stout spine on each side. Scutellum luteous, elongate-triangular, i 
transversely and slightly striated. Abdomen narrowly bordered with pale T 
yellow; under side with a large pale yellow tubercle on each side of the U 
first segment and with an oblique pale yellow streak on each side of each I 
of the three following segments. Four anterior femora unarmed. Hind n 
femora much incrassated, much shorter than the abdomen, with a few ■ 
minute tubercles above. Hind tibiae broad, a little shorter than the hind F 
femora, with a stout apical spur. Fore wings tawny ; membrane cinereous, * 
with lawny veins. Length of the body 9 lines. : 
a. Orizaba. From M. Salle’s collection. i 
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20. Archimerus dolosus. !!■ 
Mas. Piceus, angustus ; rostrum coxas anlicas ailing ens ; antennee j 
corporis dimidio paullo longiores, arliculo 4o rufo ; prothorax f 
subliliter scaber, lateribus crenulatis, angulis poslicis rotundatis non i 
prominulis ; venter bituberculalus ; femora postica incrassata, sub- t 
tuberculata, subspinosa ; tibice posticce subundulalce, subtus dentatce , 
unispinosce. 1 
Male. Piceous, narrow. Eyes livid, prominent. Rostrum extending | 
to the fore coxae; third joint shorter than the others. Antennae a little | 
more than half the length of the body; joints from the first to the third 
successively decreasing in length; fourth red, longer than the third, shorter 
than the second. Prothorax finely scabrous; a very slight transverse 
depression near the fore border; transverse ridge near the hind border 
slight; sides crenulate, nearly straight ; hind angles rounded, not promi- 
nent. Abdomen beneath with a tubercle on each side of the second 
segment. Four anterior femora beneath with three subapical spines. 
Hind femora incrassated, much shorter than the abdomen, with a few 
tubercles and short stout spines. Hind libiaB slightly undulating, as long 
as the hind femora, with an oblique spine beneath at two-thirds of the 
length, minutely dentate from thence to the tips. Tarsi lawny. Length | 
of the body 10 lines. J 
a. Oajaca. From M. Salle’s collection. : 
