368 SYNTOMID.E. 



813. Herea metaxanthus. 



Glaucopis metaxanthus, Wlk. i. 198 (1854) ; Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 39, pi. 12, 

 f. 7 ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 155. 



S . Head and thorax black ; 

 abdomen with the first three seg- 

 ments black, the terminal segments 

 orange-yellow, Mdth dorsal black 

 line, the anal tuft black, lateral 

 black lines on penultimate seg- 

 Fig. 179. ment ; wings hyaline, the veins, 



Herea metaxanthus, S ■ \- and margins narrowly, black ; the 



inner margin of fore wing and 

 COsta of hind wing rather broadly greyish black. 



Hah. Amazons, Para (Bates), 1 c? type. E^xy. 28 millim. 



814. Herea xanthogaster. (Plate XIII. fig. 28.) 



Herea xanthogaster, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 404 (1898). 



(5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; palpi whitish in front ; 

 abdomen with orange lateral streaks, and the ventral surface orange ; 

 the anal tuft white below at middle : wings hyaline, the veins, and 

 margins narrowly, black. 



Hab. Cayenne, 1 c? type f in Mus. Oxon. ; Bolivia, Puerto 

 S. Eosa, 1 S ' Exp. 24 millim. 



815. Herea ruficeps. 



Glaucopis ruficeps, Wlk. i. 198 (1854) ; Butl. 111. Het. i. p. 39, pi. 13. f. 4; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 155. 

 Cercophora collaris, Herr.-SchafF. Aussereiir. Schmett. f. 422 (1856). 



(5 , Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; antennae at tips and 

 upper part of frons white ; back of head and tegulse orange-fulvous j 

 basal segments of abdomen white below ; wings hyaline, the veins 

 and margins black. Pore ^ving with the inner margin rather 

 broadly black ; a narrow discocellular band sometimes present. 



5 with the discocellular band more developed. 

 Hah. Amazons, Para, Tapajos (Bates), 2 c? , 2 $ types. Exp., 

 6 26, 2 28 millim. 



Genus EUMENOGASTER. 



Type. 



Eumenog aster, Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. i. pp. 22, 23 (1854). eumenes. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head ; 

 the 1st joint clothed with long hair ; antenna; bipeetinate, with moderate 

 branches ; thorax clothed with rough hair ; tibia; clothed with rough hair, hind 

 tihise fringed with rough hair, the spurs moderate ; abdomen long, the 1st 

 segment with lateral tubercles, the 3rd segment constricted to a slender 

 peduncle ; the terminal segments with large lateral tufts of hair. Fore wing 

 with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from long before 

 angle of cell ; 3 from angle ; 4 absent ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle. 



