90 AMATIDiE. 



except at base ; tegulae with black band, the patagia with black 

 streaks and with black streaks above them on dorsum, the meta- 

 tborax with blackish patch ; fore tarsi blackish at extremities ; 

 abdomen with the two first segments yellow with brown dorsal 

 fascia on 1st segment and the valves brownish above, the terminal 

 segments black-brown with yellow bands, the ventral surface ful- 

 vous yellow. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly 

 black-brown ; slight fulvous yellow streaks below costa and above 

 inner margin. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly 

 black-brown. 



Hob. Venezuela, Caura R., La Vuelta (Klages), type f 8 in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 32 niillim. 



*308 c. Sphecosoma linda. (Plate IV. fig. 22.) 



Sphecosoma linda, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1914, incd. pi. i. f. 3. 



8 . Head and thorax yellow ; antennae brown with an orange 

 streak on outer edge of shaft and black bar between their bases ; 

 tegulae with black bars, the patagia and prothorax with black 

 streaks ; tarsi streaked with black ; abdomen with the three basal 

 segments fulvous, the terminal segments black and all with yellow 

 bands, the ventral surface yellow and fulvous. Fore wing hyaline, 

 the veins and margins narrowly black ; slight reddish brown streaks 

 below costa and above inner margin. Hind wing hyaline, the veins 

 and margins narrowly black. 



Hab. S. Brazil, Sao Paulo, Aracatuba (_D. Jones), type f 8 in 

 Coll. D. Jones. Exp. 2G millim. 



*30S d. Sphecosoma trinitatis. 



Sphecosoma trinitatis, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 24 (1011), & xx. p. 471, 

 pi. xiv. f. 5. 



8 . Head and thorax yellow ; antennae with the branches 

 blackish, a black bar between their bases ; tegulae with black spots, 

 patagia with black streaks and with black streaks above them on 

 dorsum of thorax ; abdomen yellow with broad dark brown bands 

 except on two basal segments. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and 

 margins narrowly dark brown ; slight fulvous yellow streaks below 

 costa and above inner margin. Hind wing hyaline, the veins and 

 margins narrowly dark brown. 



Hah. Trinidad, Caparo {Klages), 'type f 8 in Coll. Rothschild. 

 Exp. 28 millim. 



*30Se. Sphecosoma sparta. (Plate IV. fig. 23.) 

 Sphecosoma sparta, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) v. p. 507 (1900). 



8 . Head and thorax yellow; palpi white in front, the 1st and 

 2nd joints marked with black ; antenna' brown, the shaft scarlet 

 on outer side; sides of frons, back of head, a band on tegulae, 



