250 INSECTA SAUNDEE9IANA. 



CoNops Sphegifoemis, Fern. 



Nigra; capite thoracisque lateribus luteis ; tkorace fulvo fasciato ; abdo- 

 minis segmentis 2o et 3o ferrugineis ; antennis nigris ; pedibus 

 ferrugineis, femoribus posticis nigris ; alis subcinereis ad costam 

 nigricantibus. 



Black : head luteotis ; a pitchy stripe on the crown : mouth and feelers 

 black, the latter ferruginous beneath : chest with a tawny band near the tip ; 

 sides luteous : abdomen obclavate, a little more than tivice the length of the 

 chest, gilded towards the tip ; second and third segments ferruginous ; second 

 long, cylindrical, very slender ; third conical, pitchy on the disk towards the 

 tip, much shorter than the second ; fourth and following segments shorter 

 than the third : legs ferruginous ; shanks with a silvery tinge ; hind-thighs 

 black, ferruginous towards the base ; hind-shanks with a pitchy band near 

 the tips : xvings pale gray, blackish along the fore border for half the breadth ; 

 black outline angtdar toimrds the tips : poisers luteous. Length of the 

 body 4^ lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Port Philip. 



COXOPS SERJCEA. 



Nigra, cinerascens ; caput aureuin ; thorax subvittatus ; abdomen sub- 

 sessile ; antenncE graciles ; tarsi flavi ; alee cinerece, macula fusca 

 furcata. 



Black : head pale gold-colour in front : feelers slender, much attenu- 

 ated towards the tips : chest and abdomen with a hoary tinge : chest very 

 indistinctly striped : abdomen almost sessile, a little more than twice the 

 length of the chest; second segment stout, rather short, ividening from the 

 base to the tip ; third broader but not shorter than the second, forming with 

 the following a spindle-shaped club : feet yellow : wings gray, with a brown 

 forked stripe in the disk ; upper fork much longer than the lower : halteres 

 yellow, brown at the base. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 11 lines. 



Amazon River. 



