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genital plate broad and rounded apically; cerci short and very 
broad, tapering from near the base, about twice as long as the 
greatest width, apically pointed and without distinct segmen- 
tation; styles simple, about two thirds as long as the cerci, 
subcylindrical in shape, rather bluntly pointed apically and the 
whole organ about four times as long as the basal width. 
The entire insect is beset with short pile, the lateral margins 
of the abdominal segments, supraanal plate, cerci, styles and 
legs with stout setae instead of pilose hairs. . 
Measurements. — Length, entire insect from front of head to 
tip of abdomen, about 2.7 mm.; pronotum 1 mm.; posterior 
femora, 1 mm.; posterior tibia, .8 mm,; posterior tarsus, .7 mm.; 
posterior metatarsus, .3 mm. Width pronotum posteriorly, 
1.8 mm.; metanotum posteriorly, 2.1 mm.; posterior femora 
medially, .3 mm. 
Type locality. — Cachuela Esperanza, Beni, Bolivia. 
Described from three males collected in March, 1922, by 
Dr. Wm. M. Mann in the joint nests of Crematogaster limata 
var.parahiotica Forel and Camponotus{Myrmothrix)femoratusFsihY. 
Type and paratypes in U. S. National Museum. Catalogue 
No. 25757, U. S. N. M. 
VERBENAPIS - A CORRECTION. 
In Psyche, vol. 29, p. 162 (August 1922) the name of the 
genus of bees, Verbenapis is misspelled. Although the error is 
quite obvious. Professor Cockerell has reminded me that it might 
receive the attention of nomenclaturists unless corrected. [Editor.] 
