LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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PSEUDOSPHEX CONSOBRINA. 
Mas. Flam; vertex nigro fasciatus ; palpi nigro guttati ; anten - 
nee apice supra albo ; thorax fasciis duabus anticis vittisque 
quinque nigris ; abdomen testaceum , basi jlavum ferrugineo 
bimaculatum , apice ferrugineuyn ; pedes testacei ; alee Urn- 
pidee. 
Male. Yellow. Head with a slender black band on the ver- 
tex. Palpi with a black dot at each base and another near each tip. 
Antennae black, white above towards the tips. Thorax with two 
black bands in front, and with five black stripes. Abdomen testa- 
ceous in the middle, ferruginous towards the tip, and with two fer- 
ruginous triangular spots at the base. Legs testaceous. Wings 
limpid, with black veins. Length of the body \\ lines ; of the 
wings 10 lines. 
This species may be distinguished from P. Zethus by having 
no red spot between the eyes ; by the abdomen without bands ; and 
by the limpid wings, whose tips are not black. 
Valley of the Amazon. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
PSEUDOSPHEX COGNATA. 
Mas. Flava ; vertex nig er ; antennee fulvee ; thorax fascia antica 
vittisque quinque nigris ; abdomen supra luteum , segmentorum 
mar ginibus posticis albidis nigro fasciatis ; pedes testacei ; alee 
subluridee , anticee apice nigree. 
Male. Yellow. Vertex black. Antennae tawny. Thorax 
with a black band in front, and with five black stripes, the middle 
one broad and irregular. Abdomen luteous above, with a whitish 
tinge, and a black band on the hind border of each segment. Legs 
testaceous. Wings with a slight lurid tinge ; tips of the fore wings 
and veins black. Length of the body lines ; of the wings 1 1 
lines. 
The characteristics of this species are its tawny antennae, its 
want of the abdominal dorsal stripe which distinguishes P. Zethus , 
the less black at the tips of the fore wings, the greater space between 
the third and fourth inferior veins, and the more acutely angular 
tip of the discal areolet. 
Valley of the Amazon. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
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