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AMATIDJE. 



with yellow behind, the terminal segments blackish edged with 

 yellow, the ventral surface yellow. Fore wing hyaline, the veins 

 and margins narrowly black-brown ; fulvous yellow streaks below 

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

 margins narrowly black-brown. 



Hab. Venezuela, Caura R., Carosito, San Esteban (Klages), 

 type t 6 hi Coll. Rothschild ; Br. Guiana, Georgetown, 1 <S ; 

 Paraguay, Sapucay ; Bolivia, Sta. Cruz de la Sierra, Encorado. 

 Exp. 20-28 millim. 



310 b. Sphecosoma meridionalis. (Plate IV. fig. 26.) 



Sphecosoma meridionale, Schrottky, Iris, xxiv. p. 148 (1910). 



J . Head and thorax black mixed with yellow ; palpi whitish at 

 tips ; frons with lateral white lines ; antennae black, yellowish at 

 tips ; pectus and legs fulvous yellow slightly mixed with blackish ; 

 abdomen black, the basal segments with yellow mixed, the terminal 

 segments with narrow yellowish bands. Fore wing hyaline, the 

 veins and margins narrowly black, slight yellow streaks below costa 

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

 narrowly blackish. 



Hab. Paraguay, Puerto Bertoni (Schroltky), 1 6 . Exp. 

 22 millim. 



Larva on Agcratum couisoides, L. 



310 c. Sphecosoma nigriceps. (Plate IV. fig. 27.) 



Sphecosoma nigriceps, Hinpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xi. p. 340 (1903). 



c? . Head and thorax black ; palpi with some yellow hair at base 

 and whitish in front ; teguhe with yellow band ; patagia with 

 yellow streaks ; pectus and legs yellow ; abdomen with the 1st 

 segment yellow, blackish at sides, the next three fulvous with 

 yellow segmental lines, the terminal four blackish with yellow 

 segmental lines, the ventral surface yellow ; wings hyaline, the 

 veins and margins narrowly brown ; both wings with the costa and 

 fore wing with the inner margin yellow ; the costal half of fore 

 wing clouded with pale brown. 



Hab. Bolivia (Berq), 1 d type. Exp. 26 millim. 



*310</. Sphecosoma alica. (Plate IV. fig. 28.) 



Sphecosoma alica, D. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1914, ined. pi. i. f. 4. 



S . Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some leaden grey . 

 frons edged with whitish, the basal joint of antennae with white 

 points in front ; eoxm with yellowish patches, the legs streaked 

 with yellowish; abdomen black-brown with yellow bands on i-tli 

 and 5th segments, the ventral surface whitish towards base, then 

 banded with whitish. Fore wing hyaline, the veins and margins 



