186 ME. F. WALKEB ON SOME UNDESCRIBED 



superans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes robusti, squamosi ; 

 calcaria longa, gracilia. Alee anticse elongatse, acutse, margine 

 exteriore perobliquo. 

 Male. Body moderately stout. Palpi slender, obliquely ascending, 

 rising rather bigher than the vertex, much longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; 2nd joint slightly curved ; 3rd straight, 

 linear, a little shorter but hardly more slender than the 2nd. 

 Abdomen extending for half its length beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft small. Legs stout, squamous ; spurs long, slender. 

 "Wings elongate, moderately broad. Eore wings acute ; exterior 

 border slightly convex, very oblique. 



Vespola CiERULEiFERA. Mtts. Cupreo-feiTuginea, abdomine plagis 

 duabus lateralibus cyanescenti-argenteis plagaque basali ventrali 

 alba ; alls antieis pallidiore subvariis, linea angulosa postmedia atomis- 

 que argenteis, subtus cyaneo plagiatis ; alis posticis disco cyaneo. 



Male. Cupreous-ferruginous. Abdomen with a large bluish silvery patch 

 on each side, and with a large white patch at the base beneath. Joints 

 of the tarsi with white tips. Fore wings slightly mottled with a some- 

 what paler hue, irregularly adorned with silvery speckles and with a 

 postmedial zigzag line of the same hue j underside with patches of 

 bright blue scales. Hind wings bright blue in the disk, this hue more 

 prevalent on the underside. Length of the body 8 lines; of the 

 wings 17 lines. 



Gen. Teteisia. 



Foem. Corpus robustum. Frons conicus. Proboscis brevis. Palpi 

 validi, pubescentes, oblique ascendentea, verticem longissime 

 superantes ; articulus 3"^ subclavatus, subfimbriatus, 2° paullo 

 longior. Antennce sat graciles. Ahdmnen alas posticas paullo 

 superans, basi subtus dense pilosum. Pedes robusti ; femora 

 pilosa ; calcaria longa. Alee amplse ; anticse, acutse, costa per- 

 parum convexa, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Female. Body stout. Front prominent, conical. Proboscis short. 

 Palpi stout, pubescent, obliquely ascending, rising very much 

 higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint subclavate, slightly fringed 

 above, a little longer than the 2nd. Antennae rather slender. 

 Abdomen tapering from the base to the tip, densely pilose near 

 the base, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; 

 femora pilose ; spurs long. Wings long, broad. Pore wings 

 acute ; costa very slightly convex ; exterior border slightly con- 

 vex, very oblique ; 2ud inferior vein as near to the 3rd as to the 

 1st ; ith remote from the 3rd. 



