15^5 hVNr)Mii).i:. 



oOi). Sphecojonia arctatuin. 



l\<eu<Iosph<\r arcfa'u.n, \Vlk. \xxi. \)o (^l^itltj; Kirhy, C.it. Hit. p XX), 



S . Head un'l thorax Vtllow ; vertex of head lilue-hlark ; to^^ula) 

 and lliorax ])andtd with black, a bluo-bhick patch on inctuthonix ; 



patn^'ia black-cd<;od ; iibdomcii 



f^^,.^.^^ y with ))laek stripe on Ut segment 



r*^^^ '^^^^z ^.^^ "'*^ sp«»t*j on the lateral lobes; 



N_^ ^^^ j^ ^Y <>ran«;e beyond the peduncle and 



V_^^ \^ fl^j with blue-))lack8egTnentul bands; 

 *^ %^i wiii.us hyaline, the veins aiid 

 niar^'In.s narrowlv black. Foro 

 Y^^.liX-Sphrco^omaan'tafum.e. \. ^un^; with slight' yellow streak 

 Im'Iow eosta anil short streak above innrr nnirL'in. 



JIal. Amazons, Ega, 1 J {Iitt(tg\ type. Kj'/>. *J> niillini. 



:{lo. Sphecosoma deceptrix, n. sp. 



Sjihrcvsouia faM-io/afitiH, Driu**-, UuA. (.Viitr.-Am., Ili-t. i. p. 'ti (|Mirt), pi. C. 

 r. '2V> (ucc Bull.). 



Head whitish, with blaek band bttween antenna-; palpi and logs 

 onuige-yellow ; antenna* black towards base ; thorax and abdomen 

 pale yellow ; tcguhe edged with blaek; juitagia and thorax striped 

 with black ; nlMloniiii with blaek dorsal stripe on tirst two segments 

 and si)ots on the lateral tubercles, the other segments broadly 

 banded with blaek ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly 

 dark. Kore wing with the eosta and inner margin an«l veins to 

 end of cell orange-yellow . 



J/ah. (iiATiiM.vLA, Vera Paz, type; r.\x\MA, liugaba (Champion), 

 (lodman-Salvin Coll. Krjt. T2 millim. 



*oJll. Sphecosoma simile. (Plato VI. tig. 2.) 

 Sphecofoma simile, Schaus, i'. Z. S. 181M, p. '11'). 



^ . Head and thorax yellow ; antennie blaek and yellow; vertex 

 of head with black spot ; tegulu) and patagia edged with black ; 

 thorax markfd with black ; mid tarsi stnj)ed with black ; abdonien 

 yellow, the Ist segment with pair of dorsal black points and black 

 bars on the lateral tubercJes, the lird and following segments dorsally 

 banded with black and blue, the black on 4th segment extending on 

 to ventral surface at end of valve ; wings hyaline, the veins ydlow 

 and black, the margins narrowly black. Fore w ing with aj»ical 

 black patch. 



JJ((b. Vj;nizu>j..v, Aroa. Ki;/>. 28 millim. Type f in Coll. Schaus. 



312. Sphecosoma testaceiim. (Plate VI. iig. 22.j 



Glaiuopis tc^tacca, Wlk. i. 100 (liN>4) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 13"'. 

 c^ . Head blackish ; j ali)i yellow ; antennae yellow, witli blacki.sh 



