smd on the Spt det iy wAtoA lAey i rfnu fa A 



ItocrgtfM*i-ABftaoaa black, longer thn the head and thorax, 3rd joint hi . the 



nji deader, ■errated tod plomote, ).. hated od both ndeei palpi Long 



slender and fuscous: head and thorax black and ihining, flu former with 1v 



lines arising at the outer ocelli and forming in alongated triangle, which terminate* in 



a little tooth or horn between tin art una : abdomen deep yellow, margin of the 7th 

 and rwo apical tegmenta black] wings clouded with pale brown, < 



vures piceous; .superior with a large marginal cell and a small <!..», 

 three submargiual oefla, I d tad m urrenl H | • oeO not 



very long, 2nd with the outer ncrvur. two in,; 



patehea on the disc, tearing th i to wndefbied band aoroai 



middle, brown ; inferior with the « 



thighs pale fclTUginOU*j binder tibia- Without spij.es above the apex, and pi. 



well as the tarsi. Length 4 line* ; hoi tinea, ! d. 



3. Scrizocbrus ocHRoanoM a, Curt. 



Mas fosco-niger, alia obscure hyalinia cos mateque flavia, peditraa ochra- 



ceis ; tibiis tar&isque posticia fascia. 



Description.— Antennae black, 2nd joint straw-colour, 3rd furcate and densely ciliated 

 both sides : palpi long, slender and straw-coloured : head and thorax black ; collar, 

 except behind the head, ochreous as well as the hinder margin of the scute 1: abdomen 

 brown, pale at the base, black at the apc\ : wing! yellow iah, posterior ma; 

 darkest on the costa, nervures brown, with one marginal cell terminated by a triangular 

 one ; three submarginal cells, 1 st not very long, 2nd quadrate, each receiving a recurrent 

 nervure, 3rd short and broad; costa and stigma ochreous and yellow I legl ochreo 

 tibia? simple; tarsi, excepting the base of the 1st pair, and hinder tibia-, excepting 

 the base, brown. Length of antennae 2 lines; body 3]; expanse H lines. From 

 Brazil. 



I supposed this to be the Hyfatama fusca of King*; but he describes tin- 

 middle of the thighs as black, and his specimen being from Mexico, I am in- 

 clined to think them distinct. 



Mr. Ellis having also brought home a nest constructed by a wasp, which 

 does not appear to belong to any of the species hitherto recorded as formil 

 similar habitations, it will prove an interesting addition to our knowledge of 

 this remarkable family. I am led to conclude that the nest of this wasp has 



* Jahrb. der Insect, vol. i. p. 247. 



