MELISA. PHJEOSPHECIA. 



153 



three segments orauge-red, on terminal segments yellow, small blue- 

 black lateral spots at the junction of segments. Fore wing shot 

 with brilliant purple; hind wing invisible from above. 



Fig. 64. — Mclisa diptera, S . \. 



5 . Abdomen with the lateral ochreous spots larger ; the anal 

 segments much dilated and orange-red. 



Hah. Old Calabar; Asuaxti ; Gabook, 1 tS ; Congo (Curror), 

 1 c? type. Ea'j)., S 52, $ 62 millim. Type grandis in Coll. Holland. 



Genus PHiEOSPHECIA, nov. 



Type, P. opaca. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, the 1st 

 joint with very long scales in front, the 2nd angled at, base; antennaj bi- 

 pectinate, with very short branches dilated at extremity, the medial part of 

 shaft clothed with rough scales above, the terminal part serrate ; tibiie with 

 the spurs moderate ; abdomen with large lateral tubercles on basal segment ; 

 the 2nd segment strongly constricted, then suddenly expanding, tapering to a 

 point at extremity. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa arched beyond 

 middle ; vein 2 from long before angle of cell ; 3, 4, 5 from angle ; 6 fi'Om 

 upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 shortly stalked. Hind wing with the 

 upper discocellular oblique ; veins 2 and 4 on a long stalk ; 3, 5 absent ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle. 



*301. Phaeosphecia opaca. 



Mi/rmeeo2}sis opaca, Wlk. vii. I(i20 (185(i) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 135. 

 Pseudosphcx vespa, Herr.-SchiiflP. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 426 (1856) ; Kirby, 

 Oat. Het. p. 129. 



Fig. 65. — VhcBosphecia opaca , (^ . \. 



d" . Metallic blue-black ; shaft of antennae whitish above, except 

 the tufted medial portion ; abdomen with the 2nd segment whitish 

 at sides and below. Hind wing with small triangular hyaline 

 patch below base of cell. 



Hah. Amazons, Para. Exp. 48 millim. Type t in Mus, Oxon. 



