l')^ SYNTOMID.K. 



(icnus ORCYNIA. 



Type. 



Orct/nia, Wlk. i. 1,*74 (18.V4) caUarata. 



Pn)lK>s«i!« w.ll tloTolojKHl ; palpi upturned, tlif 2rul ji*iut rou-liiu^; rorUx of 

 head and iiutiltTiil.ly iH-al-tl. tlu« ."ird »hort and blunt ; nntonnju bi|H*cttnat(*, 

 tne braiiilu'fl Hbort, dilated nt rMroniiiv, tind i-nding in n brij»lK' ; tibias with 

 the spurn wfll ilrv.l.»po<l. Foro winj» wry lunj,' and narrow; vi«in 3 from 

 clo«o to nnulf of (•••II ; 1. .'i wprir itc at origin, 4 I'urved and ap|)r.>\iin ittnl to 5 

 for »onu' di!»(fin(v , «i from upin-r anglr ; 7, 8, 1) etrtlkwl ; 10. II from cell. 

 Hind winj; with thf lowor jKirt "f cell rather abort ; foinn 1' and t <«n a long 

 stalk ; '6 and .'> tkbe<iit ; (!. 7 stnlkinl. 



:inL'. Orcynia calcarata. 



tUiihromia cal'arit(a,\\\\i,. \. l^l iInM;. Hull. III. Hot. i. p. 2«1, pi. 0. 

 f . 11 ; Kirby. Cat. Hot. p. WW. 



(^ . HiJid, thorax, nnd nbdoiiu'ii Mack; iintomjip fulvous; palpi 

 in front, tron?<, vcrtox of head. jJatchrH on toi^'iihr, piitaj;ia, mo«o- 

 mota- und i«idfs of thonix, and on coxir bright vellow ; hind tarsi 



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Fig. < i<>. — Orct/n ia calcarafa , ^ . \, 



fulvous at ext remit if.*« ; ahdomen with round pile y«'llow subdorsal 

 Bpot.s on 1st segment, followed l»y I.irgcr i-Uiplical spotd on next 

 two segments ; yellow suhlatoral spots on first three segments. 

 Wing.s fulvous suffused with fuscous. 



Hah. Amazoxs, Hantarem {HnUs\ 1 ri* type. K.rp. <>lj millim. 



Genus PSEUDOSPHEX. 



T)-pe. 



Psru<lo.yJ>^.r. Ilubn. Zutr. i. p. l.'i (18l7». & Vert. p. VJ7 {If^'Si ) . . . polutes. 



MtjrmtcojK<iifi. Nfwm. Zool. viii. App. p. cxxii vl^-^') polistes. 



Sph€Co}K*i.<, Feld. Rc^Ih. Nov. p. 9(ltJ74), non dcscr hyalozona. 



Proboscis well developotl : jvilpi upturned, reaching vertex of hoad, the 1st 

 joint fringod with long hair, the ,'Jrtl acuniin itc ; antenna' biwctinafe, with 

 short branchcsi dilatetl at extremity and ending in a bristle, the.-^naft dilated at 

 middle; fore femora dilate<l ; mid and hind tibia; with the spurs moderate; 

 abdomen with sliglit Intend tubercles on 1st segment, the 2nd segment with long 

 slender peduncle ; male with the lind and .'Jrd segments c<^>vered by a ventral 

 valve. Fore wing with vein *J curved ; '^, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 4 curved 

 and approximate<l to 5; (» from up|)€r angle; 7,8,0. lU stalked. 7 given off 

 nearer the apex than 9 ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the lower part of cell 

 rather short, the upper di»co<'elIular oblique ; veins 2 and 4 strongly stalked ; 

 3 and 5 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



