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otherwise closely resembling E. scutellata^ from which it differs 

 in having the sciitellum rounded behind ; the legs dark rufo- 

 piceous ; the tibite have no spots at their apex ; the abdomen 

 is black -brown, and the basal segment of the abdomen is im- 

 maculate, the apical segment has no pale pubescence, and the 

 fringe on the segments beneath is dark brown. 

 Hab. Brazil (Tunantins, Amazon) ; Bahia. 



A specimen from Bahia has the lateral macula? on the second 

 segment larger, and has a narrow fascia at the basal margin 

 of the third segment. 



*12. Epicharis conica. 



Female. Length 9-10^ lines. Head and thorax black, the 

 abdomen ferruginous, the flagellum of the antennae obscurely 

 ferruginous beneath. Thorax shining and impunctate, the 

 sides and the metathorax posteriorly clothed with sooty-black 

 pubescence ; all the femora ferruginous beneath ; the posterior 

 tibiae and the first joint of the tarsi ferruginous, and clothed 

 exteriorly with dense pale fulvous pubescence ; wings fusco- 

 hyaline. Abdomen conical, ferruginous, the posterior margins 

 of the segments usually more or less fuscous ; palest beneath, 

 and with the apical margins of the segments fringed with 

 bright fulvous pubescence. 



Male. A little smaller than the female ; the labrum, and 

 scape of the antennae white in front ; the first joint of the 

 intermediate tarsi above, the posterior tibige, and first joint of 

 the tarsi fringed above with fulvous pubescence ; the posterior 

 tibiae in front pale feiTuginous ; the tarsi bright yellow in 

 front, and the first joint terminating at its apex in a sharp 

 spine ; the claw-joint elongate. Otherwise like the female. 



Hab. Brazil (Villa Nova, Para). 



* 13. Epicharis albofasciata. 



Male. Length 5| lines. Black; the labrum, an inteiTupted 

 transverse line on the clypeus at its apical margin, its sides, 

 and a line on the mandibles yellow ; the scape of the antennae 

 in front white, the flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax : an 

 abbreviated line on each side of the collar, a spot on the 

 tegulas (which are testaceous) in front, another behind, and 

 the posterior half of the scutellum yellow ; wings subhyaline ; 

 legs ferruginous, and more or less fuscous above ; the posterior 

 tibiaj and first joint of the tarsi fringed above with sooty -black 

 pubescence ; the claws of the tarsi black. Abdomen black 

 above and rufo-tcstaceous beneath ; above, the second segment 

 with a narrow white fascia near its basal margin, the fourth 



