EUMENES ABDOMINALIS. 



Plate XLV. fig. 2. 



Order : Hymenoptera. Section : Diploptera. Family : Vespidte, Leach. 



Genus. Ecmbnes, Fabr. Latr. Vespa, Linn. Drury. 



EcMENES AsnoMiNALls. Fusco-fulva, antennis fuscis apice nigris, abdomine pyriformi petiololongo nigro apice 



fulvo, segmento sequent! nigricanti. (Long. Corp. 10^ lin.) 

 Sin. Spliex abdominalis, Drury, App. vol. 2. 

 Habitat : Jamaica. 



Head brown yellow. Eyes black. Antennae brown, but near their extremities black, being the 

 length of the thorax. Thorax brown yellow. Wings membranaceous, yellowish, and almost transpa- 

 rent, being folded longitudinally. Abdomen round, and longer than the thorax, brown yellow ; the first 

 segment (exclusive of the peduncle) black, with several black spots or streaks on the under side. It is 

 attached to the thorax by a curved peduncle, considerably less than itself, being black ; but at the tip 

 yellow, and of the length of the thorax. Breast and sides black, streaked with brown. Legs brown 

 yellow, furnished with a spine at the tips of the tibiae, except the hinder ones, which have two. 



CENTRIS GROSSA. 



Plate XLV. fig. 3. 



Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Mellifera. Family: Apidse, ZencA. 



Genus. Centris, Fair. Ayiia, Linn. Di-it/ry. 



Centris Grossa. Aureo-viridis, nitida ; antennis pedlbusque nigris. (Magn. Bomb, terrestr.) 



Syn. Apis gi'ossa, Drury, App. vol. 2. 



Habitat : Jamaica. 



Head black, inclining to blue, with a mixture of green. Eyes large. Antennae black, and shorter 

 than the thorax. Tongue yellow, and secured within its brown case. Thorax shining, of a dark golden 

 green, with a mixture of blue, having a few black hairs on it. Wings membranaceous and brown. Abdo- 

 men of the colour of the thorax, but underneath more of a mazarine blue. Breast the same. Legs 

 hairy and black ; posterior tibiae more so than the others. 



This fine species appears nearly allied to the Centris versicolor, Fabr. (Syst. Piez. 

 359. 23.) which is an inhabitant of the Islands of America, but which is described thus, 

 " thorace hirto cinerascente, abdomine cyaneo, ano rufescente." 



ECHINOMYIA HIRTA. 



Plate XLV. fig. 4. 



Order : Diptera. Section : Athericera. Family : Muscidse, Leach. 



Genus. Echinomyia, Dutneril. Tachina, Fabr. Musca, Drury. 



Echinomyia Hirta. Atra; alis obscuris, abdomine rufo-fusco setis longis nigris obsito, pedibus nigris. (Magn. 

 Musca; carnariae.J 



Syn. Musca birta, Drury, Apj}. vol. 2. 



Habitat : Jamaica. 



