S96 ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, 



antica mediana, elongata, subquadrata ; 2 posticcs fere con- 

 junctce.) versus apicem sitae: latera e capite ad anum vittd 

 lata irregidari nivea ornata : species perpidchra I (Corp. 

 long. '7 unc. ; lat. '22o unc.) 



Inhabits the United States of North America. Mr. Foster 

 has sent seven specimens of this beautiful insect, without indi- 

 cating their precise locality. 



Genus. — Criodion ? Serville. 



Crio. pictipes. Nigrum ; elytra ferruginea, margiiie, stiturd, 

 macidisque 10 nigris ; femora ferruginea^ apicibus, macidisque 

 S nigris ; tibice nigrcB apicibus ferrugineis ; tarsis nigris. 

 (Corp. long. 1 "2 unc. ; lat. '3 unc.) 



Head, antennae, prothorax, and entire under side of the body black : 

 pro thorax very rugose, and deeply punctured : elytra smooth, bright 

 rust-coloured, with the suture and margin black ; each elytron has 

 five black spots, the first is placed near the base, is oblong, 

 parallel with the suture, and curved at its upper extremity till it 

 touches the scutellum ; the second and third are small, nearly 

 round, and situate on the sides ; the fourth is oblong, and near 

 the suture; the fifth is marginal, and near the external spine of 

 the elytra ; the femora are rust-coloured, with black tips, and two 

 black spots on each : the tibiae are basally black, apically rust- 

 coloured : the tarsi are black. 



Inhabits Brazil. Presented by Mr. Bennett. 



Genus. — Sphecomorpha, Newman. 



Caput pronum, elongatum, prothorace valde angustior ; oculi fere 

 rotundati, emarginati, antennas recipientes ; antennae prothorace 

 vix longiores, 11-articulatae, articulus l''^ elongatus, apice crassior, 

 2"". brevis fere i-otundus, 3"^ elongatus, tribus sequentibus longi- 

 tudine cequans, cylindricus, caeteri breves, subaequales : labrum 

 fere quadratum ; mandibulae trigonse, apice acutse, vix incurvse, 

 intus baud dentatae ; maxillarum lacinia brevis, intus dens^ pilosa ; 

 galea linearis, laciniA duplo longior, dense pilosa ; maxipalpi galeA 

 duplo breviores, 4-articulati, articuli 1"% 4"^que mediocres, 2"*. 

 3"^que brevissimi ; labium fere quadratum, apice late emargi- 

 natum ; palpiger elongatus lateribus ante medium gibbosis, apice 

 constrictus ; labipalpi 4-articulati, articuli l"^ 2"^ 3"^que subae- 

 quales, 4"\ cseteris paullo longior et crassior; ligula vix labipalpis 



