248 DIELIS. — SP. 262, 263. 



Q. Media, magna, E. limosœ fere statura ; nigra, 

 nitida; vertice haud punctato, speciminum recentium 

 facie spisse argenteo-sericea ; capite, thorace, pedibus 

 abdominisque primo segmento cinereo-hirtis, villosis ; 

 thorace supra parum crasseque punctato, disco medio 

 scutelloque impunctatis; metathoracis marginibus late- 

 ralibus rotundatis, marginis superioris medii crista 

 subtriangulari ; segmentorum 1-3 fascia lata flava, 

 quarum 2 a et 3 a medio emarginatse aut sinuatce ; seg- 

 mentis 2, 3 rufo ciliatis, reliquis nigris, fusco vel nigro 

 hirtis et ciliatis , in speciminibus recentioribus rufo- 

 ciliatis; segmentis 2, 3, 4 subtus cinereo-ciliatis ; alis 

 flavo-hyalinis, basi clariore, apice infuscato, violaceo- 

 micante, costa ferruginea, venis fusco- vel testaceo- 

 ferrugineis. — Long. 20-26 millim., al. 14-19 mm. 



Variât : a. tertia parte fere minor; — b. postscu- 

 tello flavo vel flavo-maculato; abdominis segmento 4° 

 flavo maculato vel marginato ; abdominis fasciis auran- 



tiacis ; — c. pilis rufescentibus vel rufis, alis totis 



obscurius ferrugineis. 



India occidentali, Cuba, Haiti, cet; Mus. Domini 



Guérin, Parisiense, Saussurianum, Sichelianum. — 



Brasilia; Burmeister, Smith. — America meridionali; 



Klug. — America boreali; Say, Klug. 



rf est Colpa Alexandri, Lepel.; vid. Appendix, sp. 



262 bis. 



263. E. tricincta, Fabr. 



Nigra, rufo-pilosa; abdominis basi (Q nigro-mlutina, 

 çf cœrulesce?iti, nitida) flavo-trifasciata ; pedibus rufis; 

 alis hyalinis, costa rufa, apice infuscata . 



