50 Psyche [February 



Type in U. S. Nat. Mus. coll. (No. 15,127). Paratype, (alcoholic), Cornell 

 University Museum. 



The paratype does not differ except in such respects as might 

 be caused by its immersion in alcohol. 



Toxorrhina Loew 



The Neotropical material that I have before me numbers 30 

 specimens referable to four species. T. brasiliensis Westwood is 

 well-defined, but no specimens in the collection agree with Loew's 

 description of fragilis. It is probable that it is an insular form, 

 limited to the Antilles; it will be easy to recognize by its light- 

 colored legs with darker femoral and tibial apices. My material 

 is all continental and ranges from Mexico to Eastern Brazil. 



Of the Xearctic species, I have taken muliebris O. S. by the hun- 

 dreds, and have seen several specimens of magna O. S. from Georgia. 

 The coloration of these two species is very constant and it is for 

 this reason that I do not hesitate to describe three new tropical 

 forms based largely on color-characters. Venation in the genus is 

 rather inconstant, especially as regards the position of the basal 

 deflection of Cui (pars ascendens of Bergroth; great cross-vein of 

 Osten Sacken). 



In the vicinity of Para, Brazil, Mr. H. S. Parish took four species 

 of Toxorrhina, including the large brasiliensis Westw. It would 

 seem from this, that the tropics is the principal home of the mem- 

 bers of this genus. 



KEY TO THE NEOTROPICAL TOXORRHLN.E. 



1. Tibiae darker at the tip 2 



Tibiae uniform in color throughout 3 



2. Femora uniform throughout; tibia? black at the tip. (Eastern Brazil) 



brasiliensis Westw. 1 

 Femora darkened at tip; tibia? (probably) not black at tip. (Porto 



Rico) fragilis Loew.* 



3. Color light yellow; basal segments of antennae lighter than the fla- 



gellum; abdominal sclerites dark at tip, except the sternites which 



are uniform yellow. (Eastern Brazil) flainda, sp. n. 



Color brown; antennae unicolorous; abdominal sclerites uniform or 



dark at base and tip 4 



1 Westwood, Ann. Soc. Entomol. France; vol. 4, p. 683 (as Limnobiorhynchus) (1835) 

 2 Loew, Linnaea Entomol.; vol. 5, p. 401; pi. 2; f. 16, 17, 18, 22. (l85l) 



