816 Bob, Lote 



.'". Pepaia floralii 1Y1. 

 Pepsia floraUa St Farg. Hym. 111. L845, 190, No. 3G 9. 

 Antennae nigrieantes, ai tit uli> tribus extremis Balten supra lut.is. 

 Caput et thorai nigro-caerulea, viridi nitentia. Scutellum maxirr.e eleva- 

 tum Metathoraeia doranm ooiivexam, transverse striatum, in medio longi- 

 tudinaliter elevate carinatum, linea transversa alerata termiaatnm. Abdomen 

 temlenm Pili nigri, A Im- atoo-viola caa e, ad anticarom tarnen apicem 

 iniiiiis fascae. lVinelle 



Brasil. Mose« de France. 



.'/. Pepaia purpureuB F Sm. 



Bmith, Annali and Hagaa Nat. Eliatorr, ser IV, 



tume xil, 1*7:;, pag. 51 9- 



Female. Lengtii 7 linea. I'urple, with blne and greon tints in cer- 

 tam lighta Tlie fonr apical jorata of the antennae, and tlie apex t-f tbe 

 lit'tb. bright orange yellow. Tlie posterior margin of the prothorax in- 

 crassate; tlie metathoray tranareraely and irregalary atriated, and baving 

 a longitudinal central impreaaed line, extending to the apex; tlie wings 

 dark fnacoas, with a ininute hyaline spot at the base of the secuiul dis- 

 coidal cell: the intertnediate and posterior tibiae and barai >t r.pii<,'ly spi- 

 nöse. Abdomen amooth and shioing, partaking of aplendid tints of pnrple, 

 blue, and green in ditlVrent ligbts; tbe apical segment oovered with erect 

 black hairs. 



Hab Tapajos; Pars 



A Efpecimen of whal I can only regard as a variety of this species, 

 from I'ara, differs in baving an additional pale Joint at the apex of tlie 

 antennae, and also in baving the impressed line 011 the metathorax very 

 faintly traced. 



22. Pep sit 1 /' \or.0tica Macs. 

 Pepaia chlorütica Mocsäry, Tenne«!, Fozetek, IX, 1885, pag. 2öl 

 1111 111. 20 (f. 



Die Diagnose der Art ist nach Mocsäry (1. c): 



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

 lucida concinne ornata ])arcius«jue nigro pilosa; verticis medio, oeeipite, 

 pronoto scutelli et postscutelli lateribus atro-holoserieeis; metanoto medio 

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

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

 dioeri, obtuso armatis; capite thoracis latitudiue, post oculos evidenter 

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

 gis, crassis, nigris, articulis cylindricis, apicem versus leniter attennatis, 

 ultimo apice et subtus toto rufo, scapo viridi-pubescenti: clypeo convexo, 

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

 tiliter dense rugosiuscule punetato; abdomine oblongo ovali pube bre- 

 vissima laete smaragdina serieeoque lucida egregie vestito, segmento se- 

 eundo thoracis latitudine, ventrali quarto apice in medio dense nigro fim- 

 briato, quinto apice parcius uigro-ciliato, sexto lateribus acute denticulatis, 



