154 STNXOMID^. 



Genus ORCYNIA. 



Type. 



Orcynia, Wlk. i. 274 (1854) calcarafa. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vei'tex of 

 Lead and moderately scaled, the 3rd short and blunt ; auteunce bipectinate, 

 the branches short, dilated at extremity, and ending in a bristle ; tibiae with 

 the spurs well developed. Fore wing very long and narrow ; vein 3 from 

 close to angle of cell ; 4, 5 separate at origin, 4 curved and approximated to 5 

 for some distance; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, II from cell. 

 Hind wing with the lower part of cell rather short ; veins 2 and 4 on a long 

 stalk ; 3 and 5 absent ; 6, 7 stalked. 



302. Orcynia calcarata. 



Euchromia calcarata, Wlk. i. 274 (1854) ; Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 28, pi. 9. 

 f. 11 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 131. 



6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; antennae fulvous ; palpi 

 in fronfc, frons, vertex of head, patches on tegulce, patagia, meso- 

 meta- and sides of thorax, and on coxte bright yellow ; hind tarsi 



Fig. 66. — Orcynia calcarafa, c?. i. 



fulvous at extremities ; abdomen with round pale yellow subdorsal 

 spots on 1st segment, followed by larger elliptical spots on next 

 two segments ; yellow sublateral spots on first three segments. 

 Wings fulvous suffused with fuscous. 



Hab. Amazons, Santarem (Bates), 1 J type. Ea'p. 62 millim. 



Genus PSEUDOSPHEX. ^ 



Type. 



Fseudosphcx, Hiibn. Zutr. i. p. 13 (1827), & Verz. p. 127 (1827). . . jyolistes. 



Myrmccojisis, Newm. Zool. viii. App. p. cxxii (1850) ^jo/is^es. 



Sphecopsis, Feld. Eeis. Nov. p. 9 (1874), non descr hyalozona. 



Proboscis well developed; palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, the Ist 

 joint fringed with long hair, the 3rd acuminate ; antennas bipectinate, with 

 short brandies dilated at extremity and ending in a bristle, the shaft dilated at 

 middle; fore femora dilated; mid and hind tibite with the spurs moderate; 

 abdomen with slight lateral tubercles on 1st segment, the 2nd segment with long 

 slender pedimcle ; male with the 2nd and 3rd segments covered by a ventral 

 valve. Fore wing with vein 2 curved ; 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 4 curved 

 and approximated to 5 ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 7 given off 

 nearer the apex than 9 ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the lower part of cell 

 rather short, the upper discocellular oblique ; veins 2 and 4 strongly stalked ; 

 3 and 5 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



