of the Genus Leucospis. 21 



pedes flavi, coxis femoribusque posticis rufis flavo marginatis ; alas 

 I'uscae, postice cinerasoentes. 



Female. Red, thickly punctured. Head luteous-yellow, with a black 

 band on the vertex. Antennae piceousj scape luteous-yellow. Pro- 

 thorax broadly bordered with luteous-yellow. Scutum of the meso- 

 thorax with three black lanceolate stripes which are connected in front. 

 Metathorax black, with a yellow band. Pectus black, with a broad 

 yellow stripe on each side. Abdomen fusiform, slightly compressed, 

 with a black arched band at the base, and with three luteous-yellow 

 bands, of which the first is broad and much arched. Oviduct recurved 

 above to the hind border of the scutellum. Legs luteous-yellow ; hind 

 coxae and hind femora with red disks ; the latter with one large, and 

 with several minute teeth. Wings brown, greyish along the hind 

 border. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Santarem. Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



Leucospis Tapayosa. Fcem. Nigricanti-viridis ; caput viridi-cupreiim, 

 antice argenteo tomentosimi; antennae ferrugineae, basi pallide rufes- 

 centes ; prothorax flavo marginatus ; mesothorax flavo fasciatus et bi- 

 lineatus ; epimera flavo notata ; abdomen sessile, subcompressum, basi 

 nifum, fascia antica inteiTupta fascia posteriore lineisque duabus api- 

 calibus flavis ; pedes femoribus anticis flavo vittatis, femoribus posticis 

 flavo marginatis ; alae fuscte, apud costam nigricantes. 



Female, Blackish metallic green. Head bright cupreous and me- 

 tallic green above and hindward, with silvery tomentum in front. 

 Antennae ferruginous, pale reddish towards the base. Prothorax bor- 

 dered with yellow. Mesothorax with a yellow line along each side, and 

 with a yellow band on the hind border of the scutellum; a yellow 

 streak on each of the epimera. Metathorax and pectus bright metallic 

 green. Abdomen sessile, slightly compressed, red towards the base, 

 with an arched yellow interrupted band hindward, a little naiTower 

 than the following part, which is short, fusiform, and has a yellow band 

 and two yellow apical and vertical lines. Oviduct recurved to the base 

 of the abdomen. Anterior legs mostly piceous ; fore femora striped 

 with yellow beneath ; hind coxae and hind femora yellow above ; the 

 latter much incrassated, yellow beneath, armed with one large and 

 with several very minute teeth. Wings brown, blackish along the 

 costa, with a pale line in each disk. Length of the body 4 lines ; of 

 the wings 6 lines. 



Tapayos. Discovered by Mr. Bates. In the British Museum. 



Leucospis speifeba. Fosm. Nigricanti-viridis; caput, metathorax et 

 pectus laete viridia ; antennae basi rufescentes, scapo subtus flavo ; 

 prothorax flavo marginatus, linea antica brevi ; abdomen compressum, 

 sessile, elongatum, basi obscm-e rufescens, apice aureum ; oviductus 

 metathoracem attingens ; pedes flavi, coxis femoribusque anterioribus 



