812 Roh. Lucas: 



nigrae, apice decolori, ad costani mecliani macula subquadrata ])allide fer- 

 ruginea, in suiterioribus majori, in inferioribus minori; puncto sub hac sub- 

 triquetro; nerviirac costaque in partibus ferrugineis, ferrugineae, in nigrid 

 uti punctum marginale et squama nigrae. — Male. 15 lignos. 

 Saint-Domingue. Musee de M. Serville. 



8. Pepsis luciduln F. Sni. 

 Pepsis luciflula Smith, Catalogue of Hym. Ins. in tlio coli, of tbe 

 Brit. Mus. 111, 1855, pag. 193, No. IG </$. 

 • Female. Lengtli. — Black, adorned witli a bright cbangeable iride-s- 

 ccnt blue pile; the legs have a brilliant i»urple reflection, and the vertex 

 parts ot tbe tliorax and abdomcn present a variety of deep black shades 

 in dirt'erent lights; the flagellum black, the scape blue; the mandiblcs nigro- 

 piceous; the articulations of the joints of the palpi pale testaceous; the 

 clypeus widely emarginate; the prothorax swoUen on each sido, the scu- 

 tellum striated, but smooth in the centre, which is elevated; the metatho- 

 rax transversely coarsi-ly rugose striate, having a longitudinal impressed 

 liue in the middle; wings dark fuscous, with a slight metallic lustre; the 

 first submarginal cell has an abbreviated line emanating from the stignia, 

 the base of the second discoidal cell, and a larger irregulär shape on the 

 inferior wings, fulvo-hyaline. Abdomen of a bright prismatic blue, the 

 apex thinly covered with long black hairs. 



Male. — Bears a close resemblance to the female; the antennae por- 

 rect, entirely black; the anterior wing has a line emanating from the 

 Stigma, the anterior margin of the first submarginal cell, the apex of the 

 externo-medial cell, and the entire first discoidal cell, obscure rufo-hyaline. 



Hab. Brazil (Santarem). [Coli. W. ßates.] 



9. Pepsis tinctipennis F. Sm. 

 Pepsis tinctipennis Smith, Annais and Magaz. Nat. History, Ser. IV, 

 tom. Xll, 1873, pag. 50 Q. 

 Female. Lcngth 15' ^ lines. Black, with blue and green shades in 

 different lights; wings dark brown, glossy, but not prismatic, with the apex 

 of the anterior wings yellow from the base of the third submarginal cell. 

 Head: the scape of the antennae of a blue tint; the seven following joints 

 opaque black; tiie five apical joints orange yellow. Thorax: the disk has 

 a bright green tint in certain lights; the metathorax obscurely tinted with 

 shades of blue ur green, and irregularly, strongly, transversely striated; 

 the legs dark blue; the tibiae and tarsi thickly set with short spines_ 

 Abdomen shining, and rcflecting shades of purple, blue und j,reen. 

 Hab. Para. 



10. Pepsis ornata Pel. 

 Pepsis ornata St. Farg., Hym. 111. 1845, pag. 486, No. 29. 

 Caput nigrum, nigro pubescens villosumque. Antennae nigrae. Thorax 

 niger, nigro jjubescens pilosusque; metathoracis dorso transverse striato. 

 Abdomen nigrum, nigro pubescens. Anus nigro pilosus. Pedes nigri, pi- 



