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band abruptly truncate laterally; areolet nearly parallel- 
sided, the intercubiti scarcely convergent above; propodeal 
cristae asymmetric, cuneo-ligulate; 2nd gastric tergite with its 
large punctures mostly subadjacent and surface between 
punctures with only faint micro-aciculation 
9. C. prosopis n. sp. 
9'. White flagellar band begins on 7th segment; basal 0.3 of scutel- 
lum white; no white apical band on 2nd gastric tergite; white 
apical band of 4th gastric tergite nearly complete, not 
abruptly cut off laterally; areolet not parallel-sided, the 
intercubiti definitely convergent above; propodeal cristae 
symmetrically short-ligulate; 2nd gastric tergite with its large 
punctures in great part practically adjacent and surface 
between punctures with palpable micro-aciculation 
10. C. tomsici n. sp. 
MALES 
(Males of C. alvaradoi, C. mesorufus, C. poecilma, C. teres, and C. 
vandykei unknown). 
1. South American species (Argentina, Brasil) 3 
T. North American species 2 
2. Ground color of head, pronotum, and mesoscutum black; hind 
face of propodeum with a pair of white blotches from cristae 
to hind margin; gastric tergites 4-7 with white apical bands 
and otherwise mostly blackish; punctures on upper 0.3 of 
mesopleuron at least partly discrete 
1. C. planosae (Fitch) 
2'. Ground color of head, pronotum, and mesoscutum red; propo- 
deum red with only a trace of white on cristae and area 
immediately apicad; gastric tergites 4-7 uniformly red; punc- 
tures on upper 0.3 of mesopleuron reticulately confluent. . . 
2. C. weemsi (Porter). 
3. Pair of white stripes on mesoscutum; white blotch on clasper; no 
white on 1st and 2nd gastric tergites, the 4th and following 
tergites blackish with white apical bands; notauli faint, 
extending 0.5-0. 6 the length of mesoscutum 
8. C. huebrichi (Brethes) 
