APISTOSIA. 301 



1. L. incarnata Walker, 477. 



Black, clothed with black hairs. Head above, thorax and abdo- 

 men towards the tip thickly clothed with crimson hairs. Palpi, 

 antennge and legs black. Thorax with a black dorsal stripe, not 

 extending to the front. . Wings metallic bluish-green, not hairy. 

 Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Mexico. 



Walker. 



APISTOSIA HtJBNEK. 



Ilale, Body nearly linear, rather stout, moderately long. Palpi 

 stout, very much shorter than the head ; third joint conical, very 

 small. Tongue of moderate length. Antennoe moderately pecti- 

 nated. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings moderately long 

 and broad. Fore wings very slightly convex in front, obtusely 

 angular behind ; first and second inferior veins united at the base; 

 third rather more than four times nearer to the second than to the 



fourth. 



Walker. 



1. A.? terminalis Walker, 478. 



Body bluish purple. Head, fore part of the thorax, tip of the 

 abdomen and fore coxse crimson. Palpi shorter than the head ; 

 third joint conical, less than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 A7itennce wanting. Abdomen extending for one-third of its length 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs purplish-black, moderately stout. 

 Wings black, tinged with green and purple, rather long and nar- 

 row ; first and second inferior veins of the fore wings near together 

 at the base ; third full twice further from the fourth than from the 

 second. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 19 lines. 



Mexico. 



Walker. 



The characters of this and of the following species, of which the 

 specimens described are deprived of their antennae, partly differ 

 from those of Apistosia. 



