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black; the flagellum fuscous above, the eyes also fuscous. The 

 thorax opaque above ; the wings flavo-hyaline, the nervures and 

 tegulae pale ferruginous ; the legs with reddish-yellow pubescence, 

 very dense on the posterior legs. Abdomen very smooth and 

 shining, the apical margins of the segments more or less fuscous ; 

 the apical segment with bright reddish-yellow pubescence. 



Hah. Amazons, Ega. 



7. Tetrapedia laevifrons. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Yellow, smooth, and shining, except the 

 thorax above, which is opaque. The head reddish yellow above 

 the antennae, and pale below ; the scape pale yellow ; the man- 

 dibles ferruginous at their apex. The wings pale flavo-hyaline, 

 the nervures and tegulae pale ferruginous ; the pubescence on the 

 legs fulvous, except that on the basal joint of the posterior tarsi, 

 which is dark fuscous. Abdomen very smooth and shining ; the 

 apical segment with fulvous pubescence ; beneath pale yellow, the 

 segments fringed with yellow pubescence. 



Hah. Brazil, St. Paulo. 



8. Tetrapedia punctifrons. 



Female. Length 3| lines. — Head and thorax reddish yellow, the 

 abdomen pale ferruginous. The clypeus and a triangular space 

 above coarsely punctured, the clypeus pale yellow towards the 

 apex; the antennae fuscous above beyond the third joint; a black 

 stripe on each side of the face at the inner orbits of the eyes, 

 towards their summit. The prothorax marginate posteriorly ; 

 wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma pale ferruginous ; the pos- 

 terior legs with a dense scopa of long pale, nearly white, pubes- 

 cence. Abdomen with pale yellow fasciae at the basal margins of 

 the segments, the fasciae much attenuated in the middle 



Hah. Brazil, Santarem. 



EPICHARIS, Klug. 



1. Epicharis lateralis. 



Female. Length 8 lines. — Black ; the abdomen with two large sub- 

 triangular yellow maculae at the base. The labrum and a small tri- 

 angular spot on the face on each side, at tho anterior angles, yollow. 

 The thorax with sooty black pubescence on the sides, beneath, and 

 on the metathorax ; wings dark brown, with a violet iridescence; 

 the pubescence on the legs black, except that on the posterior tibiae 

 and first joint of the tarsi, which forms a dense scopa of bright 



