502 Prof. Westwood’s Descriptions of 
ad apicem) nigris; pedibus 4 posticis fulvis, tibiis intermediis 
apice obscurioribus; posticis subincrassatis, nigris, hirsutis, 
basi flavis ; alis hyalinis, anticis versus basin subfulvis, stig- 
mate brevi castaneo, extus flavo, in alis posticis subelongato 
et nigricante ; cellulis obliquis 6 in alis anticis; oviductu 
longo, recurvo. (Foem.) 
Long. corp. lin. 23. Expans. alar. ant. lin. 8. 
Habitat in Amazonia. D. Bates. In Mus. Oxon. 
3. Mantispa (Trichoscelia) BrLta, Westw. 
Badia ; capite infra antennas fulvo; antennis fuscis, basi et arti- 
culis subapicalibus flavis ; pronoti margine antico et lateribus 
flavis; meso- et meta-noto cum abdomine fulvo-variis; pedi- 
bus fulvis; coxis et femoribus anticis fusco-suffusis; tibiis 
flavis, ultra medium fuscis; tibiis 4 posticis pone medium 
supra fuscis, dilatatis et setosis; alis hyalinis, venis pallide 
fuscis, anticis ad basin marginis postici fuscis, nebulisque 
fulvescentibus prope basin, una ante medium, altera abbre- 
viata sub stigmate positis; stigmate in alis anticis brevi, fulvo, 
apice pallido, in alis posticis longo, obscure fulvo ; oviductu 
longo, recurvo, fulvo. (Foem.) 
Long. corp. lin. 24. Expans. alar, ant. lin. 7. 
Habitat in Amazonia. D. Bates. In Mus. Oxon. 
4, Mantispa (Trichoscelia) rcetua, Westw. 
Fulva; capite cum antennis et pronoto (nisi margine postico) 
nigris ; meso- et meta-thorace cum abdomine (apice nigro 
excepto) fulvis; alis hyalinis, stigmate in omnibus longo, nigro, 
nubila parva nigricanti ad basin stigmatis in alis anticis in- 
terdum adjecta ; cellulis sex obliquis in alis anticis; venis 
in medio alarum anticarum nigricantibus, aliter fulvis ; pedi- 
bus fulvis, tibiis 2 anticis subfuscescentibus, 2 posticis nigris, 
hirsutis, parum dilatatis. (2 ind. masc.) 
Long. corp. lin. 3. Expans. alar. ant. lin. 7. 
Habitat apud Egam ad ripas Amazoniz flum. D. Bates. In 
Mus. Britann. 
Obs.—There are two males of this species in the British Mu- 
seum; they very closely resemble the unique male of MW. (7rich.) 
fenella in the same collection,* but are smaller in size and paler 
* In the figure of this insect given in my monograph (Trans. Ent. Soc. 
2nd ser. i. 269, pl. xvili. fig. 7), the hind tibiz are represented too robust. 
