100 



STNToMIIi.K 



vellow : tri«n> wliitc 



Fig. 72. — Sf>}iir<>M>ma copnafuiii, r(. {. 



nntonnir Mack townrds l-a-.- . i.-^'uhi' edf^ed 

 Nvith lilack ; ]>atap;ia and tliorax 

 strij)iMl with lilacU : IcpH haiuled 

 with hhick : ahdoiiu'ii with hhick 

 dorsal and subdorsal stripes on 

 first two so;j:nuMits, tlio other 

 8on;nionts })aiidod witli Itlack ; 

 wiiiijs hvalinc, the veins and 



marj'ins narrowly dark. Fore 



winj; \v 

 inner m 

 JIah. 



COLOMIU 



Amazon: 



ith sliijht vellow streaks ]>elow costa and ahovo base of 

 ar^'in. 



Mr.xno. .T.ilaiia {7'rujUlo), 9 (*o<lman-Salvin Coll.; 

 V, Santa Martini, 1 r^ ( Jlntrhan/), type fttsriolotum. 

 <, tvpe+ rorjnatuni in Mils. Oxnn, h'.ri). L'ti niilliin. 



'A\'>. Sphecosoma mclissa. (I'lii-' VI. ti^'. 4.) 



Spfifcomnnu mrlU-u, ScIiiiuh, J. N. V. Kiit. .S.k\ iv. p. I'M (IS'.m;). 



Head ))laek ; palpi and cheeks yellow ; frtms and a )»and on vertex 

 of head white; t«';;uhe yellow; thorax striped yellow and blnck ; 

 pectus and h{js ydlow marked with black; abdomen Idack, with 

 fn'^^'yif^li-yellow bands, the 1st .'^epment with twt) dorsal yellow spots; 

 winps yellowish hvaline, the veins and m.irj^ins narrowly black. 

 Fore winjx with sli^'ht orange streak below l)ase of costa and two 

 slight stn-aks above base of inner mar^jin. 



J/(if>. Ihi.vzii., Sta. Cathirina, 'J o, Sao Taulo ; type t in Coll. 

 Schaus. i:.r/>. L*<'» millim. 



:'.]''.. Sphecosoma siirrentum. 



Sphfcoskvna t^urrnifum, I>ru<«>. V. Z. .'^. Is*'.-. p. -JT.', pi. '50. f. >^ , Kirbv, 

 Cat. Hot. p. 1:J3. 



cT . Head and thorax <»ranpe and black : abdomen black, the Isfc 

 segment oranpe, with three dorsal black stripes mectinp posteriorly, 

 the 2nd sejxment with some orange at sides ; the ventral valvo 

 yellowi.sh wiiite ; wings hyaline, the veins and margins narrowly 

 bhick. 



Ifaf>. Bolivia, Puerto S. Itosa, 1 J {(^iarhpp). IC.rj*. L?*'. millim. 

 Type + in Coll. Druce. 



*:U7. Sphecosoma ecuadorum. ( IMato VI. Hg. i^l.) 



Sphfcosoma ecuadora, Dniro, P. Z. S. 18-S'5, p. .'J7«i ; Kirby, Cat. Utt. p. 135. 



(S . Head and thorax black and orange; palpi yellow, white in 

 front ; abdomen black, the first three segments banded orange and 

 black; the ventral valve yellow; wings hyaline, the veins and 

 margins narrowly black. Fore wing with crimson streak on medial 

 part of costa ; some black at base of inner margin ; the terminal 

 line expanding somewhat towards apex. 



Hah. Ecuador, Sarayacu {Bvclhij) \ type + in Coll. Druce. 

 Kvp. 24 millim. 



