160 STNTOMIDiE. 



yellow : frous white ; antennje black towards base ; tegulse edged 



with black ; patagia and thorax 



striped with black ; legs banded 



with black ; abdomen with black 



dorsal and subdorsal stripes on 



first two segments, the other 



segments banded with black ; 



_. _n „ , ^ , wings hyaline, the veins and 



Fiff. 72. — Sphecosoma coqnatum, S . \. ■ •' i j i tti 



^ ^ ' u 1 margins narrowlj' dark, iore 



wing with slight yellow streaks below costa and above base of 



inner margin. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (TrujilJo), 5 Godmau-Salvin Coll. ; 



Colombia, Santa Martha, 1 ^ {Bouchard), type fasciolatum. 



AiTAzoNS, typef cognatum in Mus. Oxon. Exp. 26 millim. 



315. Sphecosoma melissa. (Plate VI. fig. 4.) 



Sphecosoma melissa, Schaus, J. N. Y. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 131 (1896). 



Head black ; palpi and cheeks yellow ; frons and a band on vertex 

 of head white ; tegulfe yellow ; thorax striped yellow and black ; 

 pectus and legs yellow marked with black ; abdomen black, with 

 greyish-yellow bands, the 1st segment with two dorsal yellow spots ; 

 wings yellowish hyaline, the veins and margins narroAvly black. 

 Fore wing with slight orange streak below base of costa and two 

 slight streaks above base of inner margin. 



Hah. Brazil, Sta. Catharina, 2 S , Sao Paulo ; type t in Coll, 

 Schaus. Eicp. ^.Q millim. 



316. Sphecosoma surrentum. 



Sphecosoma surrentum, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 375, pi. 39. f. 8; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 135. 



S . Head and thorax orange and black ; abdomen black, the 1st 

 segment orange, with three dorsal black stripes meeting posteriorly, 

 the 2ud segment with some orange at sides ; the ventral valve 

 yellowish white ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly 

 black. 



Hah. Bolivia, Puerto S. Eosa, 1 S {Garleppi). Exp. 2Q millim. 

 Type t in Coll. Druce. 



*317. Sphecosoma ecuadorum. (Plate VI. fig. 24.) 



Sphecosoma ecuadora, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 376 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 135, 



S . Head and thorax black and orange ; palpi yellow, white in 

 front ; abdomen black, the first three segments banded orange and 

 black; the ventral valve yellow; wings hyaline, the veins and 

 margins narrowly black. Eore wing with crimson streak on medial 

 part of costa ; some black at base of inner margin ; the terminal 

 line expanding somewhat towards apex. 



Hah. Ecuador, Sarayacu {Bucldey) ; type t in Coll. Druce.- 

 Exp. 24 millim. 



