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Female. Tawny, testaceous beneath. Rostrum extending to half the 

 space between the fore coxae and the middle coxae ; fourth joint much 

 longer than the third. Antenna? rather stout; second joint a little longer 

 than the first. Prothorax finely scabrous ; sides black ; hind angles obtuse, 

 not prominent; hind border yellow. Scutellum luteous. Femora rather 

 stout. Hind femora with three teeth beneath towards the tips. Fore 

 wings black; costa yellow; a yellow stripe extending from the base near 

 the interior border, at the end of which it forms an angle and extends 

 along the exterior border; a short yellow forked streak joining the angle; 

 membrane brown. Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. Brazil, Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



21. Hypselonotus fascicollis. 



Mas. Niger, subtus luteus ; caput facie vitta que postiea luteis ; rostrum 

 coxas inlermedias attinaens ; antenna? rufce ; prothorax luteo late 

 unifasciatus, angulis poslicis rectangulatis sat prominulis ; scutellum 

 Jlavo marginatum; abdomen apice nigrum; femora postiea in- 

 crassata, apice nigra, subtus trispinosa ; alee anticce flavo venosce, 

 membrana lurida. 



Male. Black, luteous beneath. Head luteous in front and with a 

 luteous stripe between the eyes, which are prominent. Rostrum extending 

 to the middle coxa?. Antennae red. Prothorax scabrous, with a broad 

 luteous middle baud ; hind angles rectangular, rather prominent. Scutellum 

 narrowly bordered with yellow. Abdomen black at the tip. Legs luteous. 

 Hind femora incrassated ; tips black; three spines beneath beyond the 

 middle. Fore wings with yellow veins; membrane lurid. Length of the 

 body 1\ lines. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



22. Hypselonotus crassifemur. 



Mas. Testaceus ; rostrum coxas anticas attingens, apicem versus rxifes- 

 cens ; antenna corpore multo breviores, articulo \o fusco basi testaceo ; 

 prothoracis anguli postici subobtusi, non prominuli ; abdomen subtus 

 apice nigrum ; femora postiea incrassata, fuscescente fulva, subtus 

 biseriatim spinulosa ; tibice postiea compresste, subtus uniseriatim 

 spinulosa, apice angulatce subdilatalee ; membrana diaphana. 



Male. Testaceous. Head triangular. Rostrum extending to the 

 fore coxae, reddish towards the tip; fourth joint much longer than the 

 third. Antennae much shorter than the body; second joint shorter than 

 the first; third a little shorter than the first ; fourth much longer than the 

 first, brown except towards the base. Prothorax with a slight transverse 

 furrow; hind angles slightly obtuse, not prominent. Abdomen black 

 beneath at the tip. Hind femora incrassated, tawny, partly shaded with 

 brown, concisely pale testaceous towards the base, with two rows of small 

 spines of various size beneath. Hind tibiae compressed, a little shorter than 

 the hind femora, with a row of very minute spines beneath, angular and 



