78 TNSECTA SAUNDEESIANA 



Odontomyia excocta, Fern. 



Atra, capite antico rufo, scutello dentihus piceis armato, abdominis vittis 

 duahus ventreque ferrugincis, antennis piceis rufo cinctis, pedibus 

 nigris, alisfuseis. 



Body deep black : head and chest shining : head red in front : eyes 

 pitchy ; all the facets very small : feelers dark red, pitchy at the base and 

 at the tips : scutcheon armed ivith two pitchy spines : abdomen broader 

 and a little shorter than the chest, ferruginous beneath, adorned above 

 with a broad, short, ferruginous stripe on each side : legs black ; foot- 

 cushions tawny -. wings very dark clear brown ; wing-ribs and veins black ; 

 poisers tawny. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



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Odontomyia aterrima, Mas. 



Atra, scutello inermi, abdominis latenbus segmentorum marginibus posticis 

 ventreque fei'rugineis, antennis piceis, pedibus nigris, tarsis piceis basi 

 fulvis,alis fuscis apicc fulvis. 



Body very deep black : head shining : eyes meeting on the crown, 

 pitchy and composed of small facets beneath, coppery and of larger facets 

 above : mouth black : feelers pitchy, paler towards the base, which is 

 black : chest clothed with short black hairs ; scutcheon unarmed : abdo- 

 men shining, a little broader and longer than the chest ; underside pitchy, 

 sides and hind borders of its segments ferruginous : legs black ; knees fer- 

 ruginous ; feet pitchy, pale tawny at the base : wings brown for full two- 

 thirds of the length from the base, pale taivny from thence to the tips, the 

 outline of each colour distinctly marked ; brands dark brown ; wing-ribs, 

 veins and poisers pitchy. Length of the body 3j lines ; of the wings 6i 

 lines. 



Brazil. 



Odontomyia picea, Mas. 



Picea, capite fulvo, scutelli margine postico ferrugineo dentibusque duabus 

 ferriigineis armato, abdominis lateribus ventrisque vitta viridescenti- 

 bus, antennis nigris, pedibus fulvis, tarsis posticis piceis, alis limpidis. 



Body pitchy, clothed with tawny hairs : head tawny, shining : eyes 

 red; all the facets small: mouth and feelers black: hind border of the 



