180 scoliid^:. 



yellowish white ; wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures rufo- 

 testaceous. All the segments of the abdomen, except the apical 

 one, with broad pale fasciae, leaving the apical margins narrowly 

 fuscous and the basal margins narrowly black ; beneath rufo- 

 testaceous, with angular fasciae on the second, third, and fourth 



Hah. Beloochistan. 



8. Myzime siniillima. 



Female. Length 7| lines. — Black ; head and thorax strongly but 

 not very closely punctured, variegated with yellow ; abdomen very 

 smooth and shining. The face closely punctured, with a reddish- 

 yellow spot above each antenna, and an abbreviated line opposite 

 to them close to the eyes, also a line behind them. Thorax shining 

 above, and with rather strong punctures, which are sparing on the 

 mesothorax ; a transverse fascia on the metathorax near its hinder 

 margin, the postscutellum, and a spot on the posterior coxae above, 

 yellow; the metathorax truncate, the truncation with radiating 

 striae, punctured above, and with a smooth shining space on each 

 side ; the sides of the metathorax longitudinally striated ; wings 

 subhyaline, with dark brown nervures. Abdomen smooth and 

 shining, and having a few fine scattered punctures ; the apical 

 segment very finely longitudinally striated ; a yellow macula on 

 each side of the first and second segments, that on the second is 

 near its basal margin ; the three following segments with narrow, 

 widely interrupted, yellow fasciae. 



Hab. St. Paulo. 



This species somewhat resembles M. jlavopicta from Santarcm, but 

 is quite distinct, differing both in sculpturing and coloration. 



9. Myzine jucunda. 



Female. Length 8| lines. — Head, thorax, and legs black ; abdomen 

 blue-black, and with narrow pale yellow fasciae. Head strongly 

 punctured, most closely so on the face ; the mandibles obscurely 

 rufo-piceous ; the flagellum fulvous beneath. The prothorax closely 

 punctured ; the mesothorax with scattered punctures ; the meta- 

 thorax impunctate at the base, the truncation punctured and with 

 striae that radiate laterally from the centre ; a furcate macula on 

 the mesothorax, a short stripe over the tegulae, the scutellum, the 

 postscutellum, and a longitudinal stripe in the middle of the meta- 

 thorax that narrows to its apex, also a line at the lateral margins 

 of the metathorax, yellow; the posterior coxae with a yellow macula 

 in front ; the tibiae and tarsi obscurely rufo-piceous ; wings hyaline, 

 with a dark fuscous stain on the anterior margin of the fore wings. 

 The basal segment of the abdomen with a lateral angular macula, 

 the basal margins of the first to fourth segments with narrow fasciae, 



