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tions. The legs are bright orange with the upper side of tlie femora, the upper- 

 side of the tarsi of the first and second pairs, and a narrow streak on llie sides of 

 the Ubix of the third pair velvety black. The primaries on the upper side are tlcep 

 black with bright greenish-blue streaks upon the median nerve and at the origin of 

 the subcostal nervules. The secomlaries aie brownish with a brilliant violaceous 

 gloss on tlie outer margin. On the underside, the wings are black glossed with 

 violet-blue, shading into pinkish in certain lights. The costa of the primaries at 

 the base is orange-yellow, and a narrow bright orange-yellow ray runs from the base 

 of the secondaries tn the outer margin near the middle. The outer margin near 

 the anal angle is narrowly tinged with orange-yellow. E.xpanse, 44 mm. 



This very beautiftil and singular insect mimics in its general 

 appearance certain African wasps. The type is unique. 



Cicinnoscelis'^ 



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■en. nov. 



. — I'alpi moderately large, porrect. curving forward and upwardly, with 

 the first ;ind second joints flattened horizontally and heavih' clotlied with hairs, the 

 third joint fine, cylindrical, and almost naked. The antenna' are moilerately long, 

 ihickenetl at the middle and furnished with short double pectinations from base to 

 lip. 'I'he first pair of legs are short, without spurs on the libiiie ; the second pair 

 are moderately long, armed with a single minute inner spur beyond the middle, and 

 with three spurs at the end. the middle one long, the other two short ; the third 

 pair of legs is relatively very long, the tibi;v and laisi being greatly produced. V 

 Ihe tibi;v in this pair arc armetl with a very long »-pnr about the middle, and with 

 two shorter spins at the rnd. and are \erv heavily clothed with long, liair-like 

 scales liirected inw^uill\- toward the abilomen. i'he tarsi are heavily clothed with 

 short hairs. The abdomen is grerUly i^ioduced and providetl with a ciins[5icuous 

 tuft of anal hairs. The primaries are narrow, elongated, with the ape.K and outer 

 margin moderatelv rounded. The secondaries are nanow. elongated with the 

 outer and inner margins evenly lounded. In the primaries there is a deep pit or 

 ilepression on the under side in the cell near the costa before the base. Veins 2 

 and 3 are very close together and parallel, vein 4 and 5 spring ftom the lower 

 angle of the cell, veins 7 and 8 are stalked ; \eins g, 10 and 11 together with 6, 7 

 and 8 all spring fioni near the upper angle of the cell. In the secondaries the cell 



* * KlKlvvog — cincinnus ; OKeXog = »:ius, 



