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Female. Tawny, testaceous beneatb. Rostrum extending tobalftbe 

 space between the fore coxa; and the middle coxee ; fourth joint much 

 longer than the third. Antenn;c rather stout; second joint a little longer 

 than the first. Prolhorax hnely scabrous ; sides black ; hind angles obtuse, 

 not prominent; hind border yellow. Scutellum luteous. Femora rather 

 stout. Hind femora with three teeth beneath towards the tips. Fore 

 wings black ; costa yellow ; a yellow stripe extending from the base near 

 the interior border, at the end of which it forms an angle and extends 

 along the exterior border; a short yellow forked streak joining the angle; 

 membrane brown. Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. Brazil, Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



21. Hypselonotus fascicollis. 



Mas. Niger, siiblus luteiis ; caput facie vittaque poslica luleis ; rostrum 

 coxas inlermedias attinfjens ; antenna: rufte ; prolhorax luteo late 

 unifasciatus, angulis poslicis rectangidaiis sat prominulis ; sctiteUum 

 flavo marginatum; abdomen apice nigrum; femora postica in- 

 crassata, apice nigra, subtus trispinosa ; alee aniicce flavo venosce, 

 membrana lurida. 



Male. Black, luteous beneath. Head luteous in front and with a 

 luteous stripe between the eyes, which are prominent. Rostrum extending 

 to the middle coxae. Autennte red. Prothorax scabrous, with a broad 

 luteous middle band ; hind angles rectangular, rather prominent. Scutellum 

 narrowly bordered with yellow. Abdomen black at the lip. Legs luteous. 

 Hind femora incrassated ; tips black; three spines beneath beyond the 

 middle. Fore wings with yellow veius ; membrane lurid. Length of the 

 body 7\ lines. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



22. Hypselonotus crassifemur. 



Mas. Testaceus ; rostrum coxas anticas attingens, apicem versus rufes- 

 cens ; antenna: corpore multo breviores, articulo Ao fusco basi testaceo ; 

 prolJwracis anguli postici suboblusi, nan prominuli ; abdomen subtus 

 apice nigrum ; femora postica incrassata, fuscescente fulva, subtus 

 biserialim spinulosa ; tibia: postica: compressce, subtus uniseriatim 

 spinuloscE, apice angulata subdilatatw ; membrana diaphana. 



Male. Testaceous. Head triangular. Rostrum extending to the 

 fore coxsB, reddish towards the tip; fourth joint much longer than the 

 third. Antenuffi much shorter than the body; second joint shorter than 

 the first; third a little shorter than the first ; fourth much longer than the 

 first, brown except towards the base. Prothorax with a slight transverse 

 furrow; hind angles slightly obtuse, not prominent. Abdomen black 

 beneath at the lip. Hind femora incrassated, tawny, partly shaded with 

 brown, concisely pale testaceous towards the base, with two rows of small 

 spines of various size beneath. Hind tibia; compressed, a little shorter than 

 the bind femora, with a row of very minute spiues beneath, angular and 



