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with luteous spots. Wings luteous-hyaline, slightly bordered with 

 black at the tips and along part of the hind border ; veins luteous, 

 black towards the tips ; transverse veinlets at the tip of the discal 

 areolet forming an almost straight line ; no trace of the discal fold. 

 Abdomen subfusiform, slightly contracted near the base ; hind bor- 

 ders of the segments with luteous bands, and towards the tip with 

 luteous dorsal spots and with blue-green spots on each side ; a gilded 

 green dorsal stripe on the last segment; under side white at the base, 

 near which there is a white spot on each side. Legs luteous, rather 

 slender ; hind femora, hind tarsi, and tips of the anterior tarsi black ; 

 hind tibiae with moderately long spurs. Length of the body 8 — 9 

 lines ; of the wings 20 — 22 lines. 



a, b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Group 24. PSEUDOSPHEX. 



Palpi caput nou superantes ; articulus 3us 2i triente non lon- 

 gior. Antennae compressae, apud medium dilatatae. Abdomen basi 

 petiolatum aut compressum. Alae anticae angustae ; plica discalis 

 distincta. Tibiae anticae subtus dentatae, posticae calcaribus mediis 

 et apicalibus minutis. 



Pseudosphex, Hiibn. Verz. Sckmett. 127. 

 Myrmecopsis, Newman, ZooL viii. Append, cxxii. 



Body nearly bare. Palpi not reaching the vertex ; third joint 

 not more than one-third of the length of the second. Antennae 

 compressed, dilated in the middle. Abdomen compressed or petio- 

 lated at the base. Fore wings narrow, mostly limpid; discal fold 

 distinct. Fore tibiae dentate beneath ; hind tibiae with four minute 

 spurs. 



95. Glaucopis Zethus. 



Testacea ; antenna nigrce ; thorax nigro quadrivittatus ; alee lim- 

 pidce, costa venisque fulvis ; pedes straminei. 



Pseudosphex Zethus, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 127, 1367; Samml. Exot. 

 Schmett. 13, 25, f. 49, 50. 



a. Santarem, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



c. Tapayos, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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