446 Mr. F. Smith on neio Species 



tibia3, rufo-testaceous ; these are palest in small examples, 

 Abdomen with a short petiole at its base. 

 Hah. Para ; Ega ; Santarem. 



Agenia multipicta. 



Male. Length 6^ lines. Black ; the head and thorax spotted 

 and striped with pale yellow. Head : the labrum, cljpeus, 

 scape in front, a broad strijDC on each side of the face, and a 

 narrow line behind the eyes pale yellow. Thorax : the! 

 posterior margin, of the prothorax, the outer margin of the 

 tegulfe, a stripe over the tegulge, an ovate spot before the scu- 

 tellum and a larger one on it, the postscutellum, three spots at 

 the base of the metathorax, and its apical portion pale yellow ; 

 wings flavo-hyaline ; the nervures black, with a fuscous cloud 

 over the marginal and two submarginal cells, and from them 

 to the apex of the wings ; the anterior coxje in front, a stripe 

 on the inner margin of the intermediate pair, and on both 

 margins of the posterior ones pale yellow ; the posterior femora 

 yellow beneath. Abdomen subsericeous, and with a blue 

 tinge ; its apical segment pale. 



Hah. Para. 



It is probable that the yellow markings will be found to be 

 more vivid in some examples. The unique one in the Museum 

 collection is mutilated, and the wings are ragged at their 

 apical margins ; it is probable that it had been long disclosed 

 at the time of its capture. 



Agenia gloriosa. 



Male. Length 7^ lines. Black, and covered with a bright 

 golden pile, exceedingly brilliant in certain lights. Head : 

 the anterior margin of the clypeus sinuate ; the sixth, seventh, 

 and eighth joints of the antenna orange-yellow. Thorax : the 

 wings flavo-hyaline, with a faint cloud in the marginal, second 

 submarginal, and over the apex of the third discoidal cell ; 

 the tips of all the wings faintly clouded ; the legs without 

 golden pile, except the coxse, which are brightly adorned. 

 Abdomen petiolate. 



Hah. Para. 



Agenia comparaki. 



Female. Length 5 lines. Black ; wings hyaline ; posterior 

 femora ferruginous. The insect covered with fine hoaiy pile ; 

 on the clypeus and sides of the thorax it has a silvery lustre ; 

 the cheeks, sides of the thorax, and the metathorax with a 

 long thin white pubescence ; the palpi testaceous. Thorax : 



