148 OrpeER—HYMENOPTERA. 
Species 1—LYCISCA RAPTORIA. 
(De Romand, 1. c. supra.) 
Habitat ; Cayenne. Olim in Mus. de Romand. 
Spectres 2—LYCISCA ROMANDI, 
(Westw. in Guérin, Mag. de Zool. 1841, Insectes, pl. LXXXIV.) 
Ceruleo-nigra, punctatissima: capite postice et ad marginem internum oculorum aureo-viridi; antennis 
nigris; collaris margine postico, parapsidum et parapterum marginibus metathoraceque aureo-viridibus ; abdo- 
mine supra plano, punctato, lateribus inflexis, supra ceruleo-nigro, apicibus segmentorum nitidissimis, subtus 
marginibus segmentorum aureo-viridibus et punctatis; pedibus brunneis; alis pallide infumatis, maculis duabus 
brunneis, subcostalibus postice lunula pallidiori connexis. 
Long. corp. lin. 8; expans. alar. antic. lin. 9. 
Habitat; Cayenne. Olim in Mus. de Romand, etiam in Mus. W. W. Saunders et Miers: indiv. in Mus. 
W. W. Saundersii abdomen habet longius et magis attenuatum quam in L. ignicaudata. 
Species 3—LYCISCA IGNICAUDATA. 
Puate XXVII, Fie. 10. 
Elongata, purpureo, chalybzo, viridi, ceruleoque variegata: antennis nigris 1l-articulatis apice sensim 
erassioribus (fig. 10); segmentis apicalibus abdominis igneis ; pedibus viridi-nigris, femoribus rufis apice viridi- 
bus; alis nubila magna media curvata extus dilatata, Raceeetee facie utrinque sulcata; collare subtrigono 
utrinque impresso, mesonoto fascia media interrupta viridi, metanoto in medio cwruleo, lateribus viridibus ; 
abdomine cyaneo-purpurascente fascia sericea viridi ad basin segmenti tertii maculisque duabus rotundatis late- 
ralibus segmenti quarti ejusdem coloris, dimidio apicali segmenti quinti et reliquis igneo-rufis ultimis valde 
attenuatis, sexto ad basin utrinque puncto rotundato instructo, septimo subtus utrinque producto et ad apicem 
octavi extenso (fig. 104, abdomine e latere viso). 
Long. corp. lin. 73; expans. alar. lin. 9. 
Habitat ; Para, Brazil (Bates et alior.) In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonie. 
The abdomen is equal in length to one and two-thirds of the thorax, and the wings and abdomen are of 
equal length. The lateral view of the latter is given in fig. 104, shewing the remarkable structure of the ter- 
minal segments, the penultimate being extended as far as the extremity of the terminal joint, which, as well as 
the antepenultimate, is furnished with a minute spiracle on each side. 
Species 2—EPISTENIA (Westw.) IMPERIALIS. 
(Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. vol. ii. p. 127.) 
‘Capite thoraceque purpureis, rude punctatis ; alis hyalinis ; abdomine versicolori, segmentis apicalibus basi testaceis. 
Long. 7} lines. 
Habitat ; Sarawak, Borneo. 
Head and thorax of a rich purple, the metathorax with tints of bright green, the legs black, the apex of the joints 
rufo-piceous, as well as the apical joints of the tarsi, Abdomen of changeable hues, partaking of tints of blue, purple, 
violet, or green in different lights ; the three basal segments deeply emarginate above, with central longitudinal depres- 
sions extending to their base ; the ovipositor thick and ' pubescent, two-thirds of the length of the abdomen. 
Appears to belong to Genus Epistenia, established by Westwood in Griffith, Animal Kingdom ; if not, it is very 
closely allied.’ 
