404 Mr. F. Smith on new Sjjecies 



St.-Fargeau has described a species of this genus, which he 

 names Savvjnyi] the size given is 9 to 10 lines. He quotes, 

 however, a figure in Savigny's ' Egypt ' as being his species ; 

 the figui-e is over 15 lines long, and is certainly the species 

 now described as L. viagnifica^ and has no reference to St.- 

 Fargeau's insect. 



Larra jlavo-maculata. 



Male. Length 8 lines. Black ; the abdomen with bright 

 yellow maculae ; wings dark brown, with a violet iridescence. 

 Head : the antennae, labrum, and mandibles ferruginous ; the 

 face with silvery pubescence. Thorax more or less covered 

 with griseous pubescence ; the apex of the anterior femora, 

 the tibiae, and the anterior and intermediate tarsi ferruginous. 

 Abdomen shining ; the second, third, and foui-th segments with 

 irregular-shaped transverse maculge in the middle of the 

 segments on each side, those on the second segment smallest ; 

 beneath entirely black. 



Hah. S. Africa (Burghersdoi-p). 



Genus Nysson, Latr. 

 Nysson 2)ilosus. 



Female. Length 4 lines. Black, variegated with yellow, 

 and covered with changeable white silky pile. Head strongly 

 punctured, and covered anteriorly with pale golden pile, but 

 not quite as high as the anterior ocellus ; the clypeus widely 

 emarginate ; the mandibles whitish at their base and ferrugi- 

 nous at their apex. Thorax strongly punctured ; the meso- 

 thorax with a central longitudinal impressed line ; the scutel- 

 lum rugose, its lateral margins, as well as those of the post- 

 scutellum, raised ; the enclosed space at the base of the meta- 

 thorax with divergent carina, and the posterior lateral angles 

 produced into large flattened acute spines that are pale at their 

 apex and covered with dense silvery pubescence ; the legs 

 obscurely ferruginous ; the wings subhyaline and iridescent ; 

 the nervures black. Abdomen : the base strongly punctured ; 

 beyond, finely and sparingly so ; the apical margins of the 

 segments pale testaceous, and nan-owly edged with bright 

 golden pubescence. 



The male differs only in having the face covered with bright 

 silvery pubescence, and the legs of a brighter ferruginous. 



A variety from St. Paulo has the legs quite black, as well 

 as the apical margins of the segments of the abdomen, except 

 the first segment, which is pale laterally ; three specimens 

 from Para agree with the above description. 



Hah. Brazil (Para). 



