S() . AMATID2E. 



patagia, a triangular patch on prothorax, streak on mesothorax, and 

 edges of metathorax black ; pectus and legs fulvous yellow, the 

 fore coxae white, the tibiae and tarsi streaked with black ; abdomen 

 with the basal segment yellow with two subdorsal black streaks, 

 the three following segments fulvous, the terminal segments black 

 with a leaden gloss, the ventral valve golden yellow edged with 

 white. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins brown, the 

 brown on costa expanding beyond the cell to vein 5 ; some golden 

 cupreous at end of cell and on inner area. Hind wing hyaline, the 

 veins and margins narrowly brown. 



Hah. S. Brazil, Sao Paulo, Aracatuba (D. Jones), t} r pe f <$ in 

 Coll. D. Jones. Exp. 28 millim. 



*305 b. Pseudosphex clagesi. 



Pseiulosphex hlagesi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 24 (1911), & xx. 

 p. 471, pi. xiv. f. 1. 



J . Head black-brown tinged with grey ; thorax red-brown, the 

 tegulas, outer edge of patagia, and metathorax behind clothed with 

 golden pile ; legs rufous, the fore and mid tibia? in front, and the 

 tarsi except at base dark brown ; abdomen rufous, the four ter- 

 minal segments dark brown with some greyish pile ; the ventral 

 valve white with some yellow at base and middle and a narrow 

 yellow band beyond it. Fore wing hyaline, the veins brown ; the 

 costal half and inner area to beyond middle clothed with red-brown 

 scales ; some yellow at base of costa. Hind wing hyaline, the 

 veins and margin brown; the cell and costal area to beyond middle 

 red -brown. 



Hab. Venezuela, Caura 11., Corosito (Klages), type f 6 in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 26 millim. 



*305 c Pseudosphex caurensis 



Pseudosphex caurensis, Klag-es, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 532 (1906). 

 Pseudosphex steinbachi, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 24 (1911), & xx. 

 p. 471, pi. xiv. f. 4. 



S . Head yellow with two blackish marks behind ; antennae 

 fulvous ; thorax fulvous with diffused dark streaks on each side of 

 dorsum and a blackish bar on metathorax ; a white line behind the 

 eyes ; coxae and the extremities of mid femora whitish, the tibiae 

 with black rings at extremities ; abdomen with the three basal 

 segments fulvous, the terminal segments black-brown with a 

 fulvous band behind 4th segment, the ventral surface fulvous 

 yellow except the terminal segments, the ventral valve edged with 

 white. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins fulvous ; some 

 yellow at base of costa ; the terminal half of costal area broadly 

 fulvous ; the inner area fulvous. Hind wing hyaline, the veins 

 and margins fulvous. 



