1865.] 47U 



nervures honey-yellow. Legs fulvous, most of the tibiae and tarsi yel- 

 low ; a black line on the femora above ; tips of tarsi fulvous. Abdo- 

 men subpetiolated, beautifully sericeous, shining; the two basal seg- 

 ments except the black basal margin, rufo-fulvous, with a broad apical 

 yellow fascia, that on the first segment deeply notched in the middle 

 anteriorly, while that on the second is narrowed in the middle anteri- 

 orly; in one specimen nearly the basal half of the second segment is 

 black, leaving a narrow fulvous band on the middle ; third segment 

 yellow with a more or less broad brown band at base ; remaining seg- 

 ments yellow, the fourth segment sometimes with the basal margin 

 more or less brownish ; sometimes the apical segment is also more or less 

 brownish; beneath black or brown, with a broad band on the second 

 and following segments. Length 6 lines; expanse of wings 11 lines. 



Male. — Closely resembles the female, but is smaller ; the black band 

 on the base of the second abdominal segment is often very broad, cover- 

 ing almost the half of the segment, leaving only a narrow line of ful- 

 vous on the middle ; the two apical segments are entirely black and 

 strongly sericeous, and in one specimen the sides of the fifth segment 

 are brownish ; beneath there is a broad yellow fascia on the second seg- 

 ment and a small yellow spot on each apical corner of the third seg- 

 ment, and in one specimen this segment has a broad band similar to 

 that on the second. Length 5 — 5? lines; expanse of wings 9 — 10 J 

 lines. 



Three 9 • f° ur $ specimens. 



'2. Gorytes modestus, n. sp. 



Black, polished ; clypeus, collar, tubercles, line on scutellum, two large elon- 

 gate spots on metathorax, tarsi, and posterior margins of abdominal segments, 

 yellow; rest of legs and two basal segments of abdomen brownish; wings yel- 

 lowish-fuscous. 



Male. — Black, polished, slightly sericeous; frontal orbits abbreviated 

 above, a spot beneath antennas, clypeus, labrum, and mandibles except 

 tips, yellow ; antennas fulvous, brownish above, the scape yellowish 

 beneath. Thorax : a line over the collar, tubercles, a spot beneath the 

 anterior wings, posterior margin of scutellum, and two large elongate 

 spots on metathorax, yellow ; tegulae and a line over them, fulvous ; 

 enclosed space of metathorax with a central longitudinal impressed line 

 at tip. Wings yellowish-fuscous, with a golden and violaceous reflec- 

 tion ; marginal cell darker fuscous ; nervures honey-yellow, stigma 

 yellow. Legs : femora brown-ferruginous ; tibias fulvous, paler be- 

 neath ; tarsi yellow, dusky at tips. Abdomen subpetiolated, highly pol- 

 ished ; first segment yellow at base and apex, ferruginous on the middle ; 



