94 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus DINTA. 



DlNIA BRACO. 



Haematerion ? braco, H.-Sch. Lep. Exot. pi. 49, f. 262. 

 Brazil. 



Genus PSEUDOSPHEX. 



PSEUOOSPHEX VESPA. 



vespa, H.-Sch. Lep. Exot. pi. 74, f. 426. 

 Para. 



PSEUDOSPHEX NOTABILIS. 



Mas. Nigra; oculi albido marginati ; palpi erecti, antice albidi ; 

 antenna pectinatce ; pro thorax margine jiavo ; mesothorax 

 vittis sex Jlavis ;\ melathorax guttis duabus luteis duabusque 

 auratis ; abdomen rufum, postice purpureum, apice fasciculis- 

 que later alibus fuscis, petiolo aurato apice nigro ; pedes fusci, 

 tarsis testaceis, apice nigricantibus, femoribus anticis subtus 

 argenteo-albidisy tibiis posticis rufo fimbriatis ; alee lurido 

 vitrei?, costa rufescente ; anticce linea transversa fuscescente ; 

 posticce minima . 



Male. Black. Eyes whitish bordered. Palpi straight, not 

 rising so high as the vertex, whitish in front ; third joint conical, not 

 more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae mode- 

 rately pectinated. Pro thorax bordered and speckled with yellow. 

 Mesothorax with six vellow stripes. Metathorax with two elougated 

 longitudinal luteous dots and with two hinder transverse pale gilded 

 dots. Abdomen red, purple hindward, brown at the tip, and with 

 brown tufts along each side ; first segment or petiole pale gilded, 

 black towards tbe tip. Legs brown ; tarsi testaceous, with blackish 

 tips; fore coxae aud fore femora silvery white beneath; hind tibiae 

 fringed with bright red hairs. Wm^s lurid-vitreous, with a black 

 line along the costa and along the exterior border ; costa reddish ; 

 veins parily black, partly luteous. Fore wings with a brownish line 

 across the end of the discal areolet. Hind wings very small. Length 

 of the body 7 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Most allied to G, Zethus, but differing much from it in the 

 colour and form of the abdomen. 



a. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



