of the Amazon Valley. 
327 
Long. 5-7 lin. $ ? . 
Hah . — Ega. 
The posterior coxse are blacky and the breast spotted 
on the sides with black in some examples. The species 
has a most deceptive analogy to species of Bracon. It 
flies nimbly over decaying branches of felled trees. 
Stenopterus hraconides (Perty) belongs to this genus. 
It has recently been sent home by Mr. Rogers from 
Minas Geraes. 
Genus Phygopoda. 
Thomson_, Syst. Ceramb. p. 164 ; Lacord. Gen. viii. 509. 
Distinguished by its long and slender form, short 
muzzle, and very elongate and clavate hind femora, the 
tibige tufted with long black hairs. The following species 
agree with the definition as given by Lacordaire, but 
I am unacquainted with the typical species, Phygopoda 
fugax of Thomson. 
\ 1. Phygopoda alhitarsis. 
Stenopterus alhitarsis , King, Nov. Act. Ac. Cses. L. C. 
Nat. Cur. xii. 475, pi. xliv. f. 12. 
Nigro-chalybea, pectore et annulis abdominis argenteo- 
tomentosis ; thorace nudo, plagis tribus politis elevatis, 
interstitiis grosse punctatis ; elytris apicem segmenti 
primi abdominis attingentibus, abrupte attenuatis, acumi- 
natis, plaga discoidali albo-testacea vitrea ; pedibus pos- 
ticis longissimis, tibiis nigro-scopariis, tarsis posticis albis. 
Long. 4J-7 lin. $ $ . 
Hah. — Ega; also Tapajos. 
Sometimes in great abundance at sweet-smelling flowers, 
and looking like a large Oulex. 
2. Phygopoda suhvestita. 
Odontocera suhvestita. White, Cat. Longic. Brit. Mus. 
p. 190. 
Melleo-flava, aureo-tomentosa ; capite nigro, dense 
punctate; antennis fuscis, basi flavo-testaceis ; thorace 
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