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a yellow apical band and a narrow streak above along tarsal segments 

 1 and 2; spurs yellow mixed with black. Abdomen bronze black, 

 with narrow posterior segmental bands; on tergites 1 and 2 these 

 bands obliterate in middle, on venter from sternite 3 to apex dilated 

 and touching each other. 



Forewing pale yellow hyaline, clouded in cell with deeper yellow. 

 Costa as far as ceU. and vein 9 blackish bronze, a narrow marginal 

 line around apex and along termen and a Hne along vein lb of the 

 same color; veins beyond cell bronze black; a triangular patch at 

 extreme base of wing, with top on dorsum and a slightly attenuated 

 rather broad fascia along discoidal vein, black. Cilia ferruginous. 



Hindwing pale yeUow hyaline, margin, veins and ciha blackish 

 bronze, a triangular patch at extreme upper angle of cell, remainder 

 of discoidal vein colorless. 



Female genitalia: Ovipositor slender, cylindrical. Postapophyses 

 very long. Eighth segment elongate, strongly sclerotized, anapophyses 

 long. Ostium represented only by a moderate, sclerotized and sub- 

 quadrangular slender tube, projecting and entirely free. Ductus 

 bursae rather short, slender, corpus bursae simple, elongate-ovoid. 



Material examined: Luzon, Mt. Makihng (Baker), 1 9, holotype, 

 genit. slide 5305 (USNM). 



Probably nearest to L. andrepictura Hampson, from India, but 

 differing in coloring, with much less yellow. 



Glossosphecia Hampson, 1919 



Glossosphecia Hampson, 1919, Novit. Zool., vol. 24, p. 83. — Fletcher, 1929, 

 Mem. Dept. Agric. India, Ent. ser., vol. 11, p. 99. 



Type species: Sphecia contaminata Butler, 1878 (Japan). 

 The generic position of the following two species is not quite certain, 

 due to the poor condition of the available specimens. 



Key to the Philippine Species of Glossosphecia 



1. Forewing with a bright orange marginal streak along base of costa. 



G. pelocroca, new species 

 Forewing without such streak G. micans, new species 



Glossosphecia pelocroca, new species 



Figures 344, 706-707 



Female, 35 mm. Head with vertex orange yellow, face leaden 

 grey, sides glossy white, orbits and collar yellow. Palpus bright 

 orange yellow (partially missing). Antenna (missing) with base 

 bright orange yellow, slightly mixed with brown. Thorax rather light 

 purple fuscous, with a lUac gloss in certain lights; patagium with a big 



