94 AMATIDJE. 



*314 b. Sphecosoma mathani. 



Sphecosoma mathani, Roths. Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 25 (1911), & xx. p. 471, 

 pi. xiv. f. 9. 



cS • Head and thorax yellow ; irons white with black spot at 

 middle ; a blackish band behind antennas ; tegnlae black behind, 

 the patagia edged with black, the dorsum with black stripe ; abdo- 

 men fulvous yellow, the 1st segment edged with black and with 

 black dorsal stripe, the valves with black bars, the other segments 

 with black bands, the ventral surface pale yellow. Fore wing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black ; a slight yellow streak below 

 costa ; the black on termen expanding somewhat at apex. Hind 

 wing hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly black. 



Hab. Brazil, Amazons, Teffe (M. de Mathan), typef cf in 

 Coll, Rothschild. Exp. 26 millim. 



*315a. Sphecosoma seinelina. (Plate IV. fig. 31.) 



Sphecosoma semelina, T>. Jones, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1914, ined. pi. i. f. 5. 



<$ . Head black, the irons and points behind antennae white ; 

 gula? and basal joint of palpi yellow ; thorax yellow, the edges of 

 teguke and patagia and a streak on dorsum blackish; tibiae and 

 tarsi streaked with black ; abdomen yellow irrorated with blackish 

 except towards base and with fine dorsal and lateral black streaks, 

 the extremity blackish, the ventral surface yellow. Fore wing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black ; some orange above base of 

 inner margin ; the black on termen expanding on apical area. 

 Hind wing hyaline, the veins and margins black, the base yellow. 



Sab. S. Brazil, Santos, Altoda Serra (D. Jones), typef d" 

 in Coll. 1). Jones. Exp. 26 millim. 



315 b. Sphecosoma meiissina. 



Sphecosoma meiissina, Kaye, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1913, p. 6, pi. i. f. 2. 



cS . Head black, the frons and two spots on vertex white ; palpi 

 yellow with some black above at tips ; thorax orange-yellow, the 

 teguke and patagia edged with black, a dorsal black streak ; pectus 

 and legs yellow, the fore and mid legs slightly streaked with black ; 

 abdomen orange-yellow with dorsal black streak and segmental lines 

 except on terminal segments, the medial segments with some 

 greyish, lateral black streaks on three basal segments curved down- 

 wards at extremity, the ventral valve yellow. Fore wing hyaline, 

 the veins and margins black, an orange-yellow streak below costa to 

 beyond middle, some orange-yellow on basal inner area, the black 

 on termen expanding on apical area. Hind wing hyaline, the veins 

 and margins black, the cell and base of inner margin orange-yellow. 



Hab. Brazil, Santos, Guaruja {Kaye, D. Jones), 5 o • JExp. 

 24 millim. Type f 6 in Coll. Kaye. 



