1. OBTssrs. 387 



10. Oryssus sayi. 



Oryssus savi, Westw. Zool. Journ. v. p. 440 (1830); *'</. T/ies. Ent. 



Oxon. p* 120, pi. xxii. tig. 7 (1874). 

 Oryssus maurus, JLirr. Ins. Mass. p. o l J4 (1841). 



Hab. I'nited States. 



a. <$ . Nova Scotia. Lieut. Redman. 



6. $. St. Martin's Falls, Albany 1 >r. Barnston. 



River, Hudson's Bay. 



c 2- 



11. Oryssus affinis. 



Oryssus affinis, Harr, Ins. Mass. p. -">'.'4 1 184] i. 

 Hab. Massachusetts. 



12. Oryssus batesiauus. 

 (Plate XIV. Bg. 12.) 



Oryssus batesianus, Westw. Thes. Ent. Oxon. p. 119, pi. xxii. fig. 3 

 (18; 



Exp. al. 1 lin., long. corp. 4 liu. 



Blue-black, with a greenish shade on the head and thorax, which 

 arc more coarsely punctured than the abdomen; legs black; hind 

 femora rufo-1 , with a blue-black streak at the base beneath; 



base of ovipositor with a nd spot ; hind tibiae with a row of blunt 

 teeth on the outside. Fore wings dark brown, with the tip hyaline, 

 and an obsolete hyaline band across the middle ; hind wings fusco- 

 hyaline, clearer towards the base and along the inner margin. 



/In''. Amazons. 

 a. $. (Type of speci Ega. 11. W. Bates, Esq. 



13. Oryssus fulvistigma. 



Oryssus fulvistigma, Westw. Thes. Ent. Oxon. p. 119, pi. xxii. fig. 4 

 (1874). 



Hab. Ega. 



14. Oryssus aniazonicus *. 



Oryssus amazonicus, Westw. Thes. Eat. Oxon. p. 121, pi. xxii. fig. 8 

 374). 



Hab. Amazons. 



a. 6- Amazons. H. \V. Bates, Esq. 



b. $. Tunantins. H. W. Bates, Esq. 



c. $. %*• H - w - Kat ' • Esq. 



* This species (which is remarkable for its close resemblance to O. maculi- 

 is, Smith) is ticketed 0. bifasciatus, Westw.. which appears to be the name 

 which Prof. Westwood originally intended for it, as it lias been allowed to 

 stand in Thes. Ent. Oxon. p. 119 under the description of 0. batesianus. 



