2 Mr. E. Dukinfield-Jones on 



purple reflexion; termen and cilia black. Hind-wings yellowish 

 hyaline, a fine black fascia through cell and along discal fold. 

 Expanse 28 mm. 



Hah. ARAgATUBA, W. Sao Paulo. 



Sphecosoma linda, sp. n. 



(J. Palpi dull orange yellow, some black scales on 1st joint ; legs 

 dull orange yellow, fore- and mid-tarsi suffused with black above; 

 frons yellow; vertex of head black; back of head yellow with 

 metallic green reflexion; antennae black, the shaft outwardly 

 red ; tegulae yellow with broad black anterior band ; thorax black 

 and yellow, a metallic light green reflexion on metathorax ; patagia 

 black with yellow edges; abdomen yellow with proximal reddish 

 brown suffusion on 2nd segment and darker brown on 3rd, the re- 

 maining segments anteriorly broadly black and posteriorly narrowly 

 yellow, a metallic light green reflexion on tubercles of 1st segment 

 and on posterior half of 2nd and 3rd ; beneath whitish. Fore -wings 

 hyaline, the veins black excepting 9, 10 and 11 which are yellow; 

 a black fascia along discal fold and short ones above veins 6 and 7 ; 

 inner margin yellow suffused with black; termen and cilia black. 

 Hind-wings hyaline, the veins, termen and cilia black. 



Expanse 25 mm. 



Hab. ARAgATUBA, W. Sao Paulo. 

 Allied to S. sparta, Druce. 



Sphecosoma matta, sp, n. 



(J. Palpi pale yellow, mixed with black on 1st joint ; legs orange 

 yellow, fore- and mid-tarsi suffused with black ; pectus pale yellow ; 

 frons and vertex of head black mixed with whitish; back of head 

 and cheeks yellow; antennae black, extremity and streak at base 

 orange ; tegulae yellow in front, black behind ; patagiae black with 

 central yellow stripe ; thorax black and yellow ; abdomen, 1st segment 

 black with subdorsal yellow stripes, tubercles anteriorly fuscous, pos- 

 teriorly yellow, 2nd segment anteriorly reddish brown and laterally 

 yellow, 3rd segment dark reddish brown and the remainder black 

 with posterior narrow yellow band ; underneath yellow. Fore -wings 

 yellowish hyaline, the veins black irrorated with orange ; subcostal 

 area and inner margin dull orange; a fine black fascia in cell and 

 along discal fold and shorter ones above veins 6 and 7 ; termen black ; 

 cilia black mixed with dull orange. Hind-wings yellowish hyaline, 



