HYMENOPTERA. 333 



7. MONEDULA SIMILLIMA. B.M. 



Male. Length 7 lines. Black : a pale testaceous line on each 

 side of the face ; a line at the base of the scape in front, and a 

 transverse one at the base of the labram, yellow. Thorax : a 

 stripe on the post-scutellum, a curved line beneath, and the pos- 

 terior angles of the metathorax, yellow ; wings smoky-hyaline ; 

 the anterior and intermediate tibiae in front, the first joint of the 

 tarsi in front, yellow ; the claw -joint of the anterior tarsi pale 

 testaceous, the claws black ; the apex of the posterior tibiae on 

 the outer side, and also the base of the first joint of the tarsi 

 outside, yellow. Abdomen : the five basal segments have on 

 each side a large subovate macula, pointed within ; the sixth and 

 seventh segments black, the margins of the apical segment not 

 toothed ; beneath black, the second segment having in the middle 

 a minute acute tooth. 



Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W. Bates.) 



This species in appearance resembles M. heros, from which it 

 differs not only in the colouring of the head and legs, but in 

 having the apical segment simple : in M. heros it is armed on 

 each side with a stout acute tooth. 



8. MONEDULA INSULARIS. 



Monedula insularis, Dahlb. Hym. Enrop. i. 186. 4. 

 Hab. West Indies (St. Thomas). 



9. MONEDULA DISSECTA. B.M. 

 Monedula dissecta, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 186. 5. 



Hab. Demerara. 



10. MONEDULA PERUVIANA. B.M. 



Bembex peruviana, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. 437 <J . 

 Monedula peruviana, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. ii. pi. 70. f . 6 <? . 

 Monedula Orbignyi, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii. 437 ? 

 Bembex Chilensis, Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 184. 



Hab. Peru; Chili. 



11. MONEDULA CHILENSIS. 



Monedula Chiliensis, Spin. Gay's Chili, vi. 314. 

 Hab. Chili. 



