ERRUCA.—MYRMECOPSIS. 53 
This species is very closely allied to E. pertyt, and I think it is more than likely it 
will prove to be the same; but at present I have not a sufficient number of specimens 
to determine this point with certainty. I have only received a single example from 
Panama. 
2. Erruca azia, sp.n. (Homeocera azia, Tab. VI. fig. 21.) 
Primaries and secondaries uniform yellowish hyaline, the outer margins of both narrowly bordered with black, 
the inner margin of primaries, from the base to near the anal angle, yellowish brown; a few metallic 
green scales at the base: head green; thorax black, with a large green spot close to the base; abdomen 
black, with two yellowish-white bands at the base and one spot of the same colour on each side, a double 
row of green spots on the abdomen near the middle; antennew black, with brownish-yellow tips; legs 
black, with the tarsus yellow. Expanse 17 inch. 
Hab. Guatemata, Teleman (Champion). 
Of this very beautiful species I have only received a single example. 
MYRMECOPSIS. 
Myrmecopsis, Newman, Zool. viii. Append. cxxii, (1850). 
The insects of this genus are nearly all like Ichneumonide. They are mostly very 
rare in collections, specimens only coming at long intervals. Three species are found 
in our country. 
1. Myrmecopsis semihyalina. 
Glaucopis (Pseudosphex) semihyalina, Walk. Cat. i. p. 197°. 
Pseudosphex vespiformis, Herr.-Schaff. Samml. aussereur. Schmett. f. 425. 
Myrmecopsis semihyalina, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii. p. 380; Ill. Lep. Het. pt. i. p. 28, 
t. 13. f. 9. 
Hab. GuateMata, Teleman (Champion).—Braziu }. 
The specimen I have received agrees well with the type in the British Museum, which 
I think more than likely came from one of the Central-American States, and not from 
Brazil, the locality “Brazil” being used very often for specimens from any part of 
South America. 
2. Myrmecopsis polistes. 
Pseudosphex polistes, Hiibner, Zutr. exot. Schm. f. 39, 40. 
Myrmecopsis polistes, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii. p. 880°. 
Glaucopis (Pseudosphex) polistes, Walk. Cat. i. p. 196°. 
Myrmecopsis eumenides, Newm. Zool. viii. Append. cxxii. 
Hab. Guatemaa, Teleman (Champion).—Braziu ! 2. 
A single example of this insect was taken by Mr. Champion, who tells me that he 
only found the species of this and the following genus flying about flowers in the 
hottest sunshine at midday, usually in company with the Hymenopterous insects, which 
they so closely resemble. 
