816 Hob. Lucas: 



20. Pepsis floralis Pel. 

 Pepsis floralis St. Farg. Hym. III, 1845, 490, No. 3ß $. 

 Antennae nigricantes, aiticulis tribus extremis saltem supra luteis. 

 Caput et thorax i)igro-caeniloa, viridi nitentia. Scutelluni niaxiine eleva- 

 tum Metathoracis dorsum couvexuin, transverse striatum, in medio longi- 

 tndinaliter elevato carinatum, linoa transversa elevata termiiiatiim. Abdomen 

 iiigro-caeiuleum Pili nigri. Alae atro-violaceae, ad anticarum tarnen apicem 

 minus fuscae. Femelle. 



Bresil. Musee de France. 



21. Pepsis purpureus F Sm. 

 Pepsis purpweus Smith, Annais and Magaz. Nat. History, ser IV, 

 tome XII, 1873, pag. 51 Q. 



Female. Length 7 lines. Purple, witli blue and green tints in cer- 

 tam liglits. The four apical joints of the antennae, and tlie apex rf the 

 fifth, bright orange yellow. The posterior margin of the prothorax in- 

 crassate; the metathoray transversely and irregulary striated, and having 

 a longitudinal central impressed line, extending to the apex; the wings 

 dark fuscous, with a minute hyaline spot at the base of the second dis- 

 coidal cell; the iutermediate and posterior tibiae and tarsi strongly spi- 

 nöse. Abdomen smooth and shining, partaking of splendid tints of purple, 

 Mue, and green in different lights ; the apical segment covered with ereet 

 black hairs. 



Hab. Tapiijos; Para. 



A specimen of what 1 can only regard as a variety of this speciep, 

 from Para, differs in having an additional pale Joint at the apex of the 

 antennae, and also in having the impressed line on the metatliorax very 

 faintly traced. 



22. Pepsis chlorotica Mocs. 

 Pepsis chlorotica Mocsäry, Termoaz. Füzetek, IX, 1885, pag. 251 

 num. 20 (/. 



Die Diagnose der Art ist nach Mocsäry (l. c): 



»Media, elongata, nigra, pube brevissima laete viridi-aenea sericeoque- 

 lucida concinne ornata parcius(|ue nigro pilosa; verticis medio, occipite, 

 pronoto scutelli et postscutelli lateiibus atro-holoserieeis; mctanoto medio 

 convexo, utrinque late subcanaliculato-irregulariter sparsim transverse-stri- 

 ato, postice lateribus declivi et utrinque inermi, mesopleuris tuberculo me- 

 diocri, obtuso armatis; capite thoracis latitudine, post oculos evidenter 

 angustato minusque fortiter tuniido; fronte sat lata, antennis 21 mm. lon- 

 gis, crassis, iiigris, articulis cylimlricis, apicem versus leniter attenuatis, 

 ultimo apice et subtus toto rufo, scapo viridi-piibescenti; clypeo convexo, 

 apice arcuatim emarginato, lateribus rotundatis; labro piceo-nigro, sub- 

 tiliter dense rugosiuscule punctato; abdomine oblongo ovali pube bre- 

 vissima laete smaragdina sericeoque lucida egregie vestito, segmento se- 

 ciindo thoracis latitudine, ventrali quarto apice in medio dense nigro fini- 

 briato, quinto apice parcius nigro-ciliato, sexto lateribus acute deuticulatis, 



