MELISA. PHJiOSPHEClA. 



153 



three segments orange-red, on terminal segments yellow, small blue- 

 black lateral spots at the junction of segments. Pore wing shot 

 with brilliant purple ; hind wing invisible from above. 



Fig. 64. — Melisa diptcm, (S . \. 



2 e Abdomen with the lateral ochreous spots larger ; the anal 

 segments much dilated and orange-red. 



Hah. Old Calabar; Ashanti ; Gaboon, 1 c? ; Congo (Curror), 

 l]c? type. E.vjy., ^^ 52, $ 62 millim. Type (/randishi Coll. Holland. 



Genus PH^OSPHECIA, nov. 



Type, P. ojpaca. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, the 1st 

 joint with very long scales in front, the 2nd angled at base ; antennai bi- 

 pectinate, with very short branches dilated at extremity, the medial part of 

 shaft clothed with rough scales above, the terminal part serrate ; tibiie with 

 the spurs moderate ; abdomen with large lateral tubercles on basal segment ; 

 the 2nd segment strongly constricted, then suddenly expanding, tapering to a 

 point at extremity. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa arched beyond 

 middle ; vein 2 from long before angle of cell ; 3, 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from 

 upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 shortly stalked. Hind wing with the 

 upper discocellular oblique ; veins 2 and 4 on a long stalk ; 3, 5 absent ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle. 



*301. Phseosphecia opaca. 



Myrmecopsis opaca, Wlk. vii. 1620 (1856) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 135. 

 Pseudosphcx vespa, Ilerr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f 426 (1856) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 129. 



Fig. 65. — FJusosphecla opaca, (^ . \. 



(S . Metallic blue-black ; shaft of antennse whitish above, except 

 the tufted medial portion ; abdomen with the 2nd segment whitish 

 at sides and below. Hind wing with small triangular hyaline 

 patch below base of cell. 



Hab. Amazons, Para. E.v^^. 48 millim. Type t in Mus. Oxon. 



