5U8 ON THE Dll'TlilfOUS FAMILY I'ANTOl'lITlIALMlDjl!:. 



been added to the National Collection or seen liy the author ; hiit 

 it may be noted that two 6 6 oi A. rothschildi, fioni Peru and 

 Cliiriqui, Panama, respectively, were in the })osse.ssion of the late 

 Professor Hermann {cf. Hermann, Deutsch. Exit. Z., Jahrg. 1916, 

 Hefti. p. 47, PJIG). : . 



. According to Loi-d Rothschild (Nov. Zool. vol. xvii. p. 461 <■ 

 December \^d\()'),Atopoinyia rothschildi mimics theHymenojiteron 

 Pepsis elevata Fabr., which is doubtless the explanation of the 

 curious contrast in its general yj/ctes presented by this species, as 

 compared with any other Pantophthalmid at present known. 



