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CATALOGUE OF 
Myrmecofsis ICHNEUMONEA. 
Mas ? Cyaneo-nigra , gracilis ; abdomen fusiforme ; alee sub - 
cinerece , angusta, anticce apud costam fuscescentes. 
Nov. Gen. ichneumonea, Boisd. Herr.-Schaff Lep. Exot. Sp. Nov. 
Ser. 1 , f. 225. 
Much more slender than M. tarsalis. 
Brazil. 
Myrmecopsis opaca. 
Fcem. Nigro-cyanea ; caput bifasciculatum ; abdomen subpetio- 
latum , oblanceolatum ; pedes ferrugineo tomentosi ; ala long a , 
angusla , lanceolata , viridi purpureoque varia. 
Female . Blackish blue. Proboscis, palpi and antennae black. 
Head with a thick tuft of hairs on each side beneath, as in M.semi- 
hyalina . Abdomen oblanceolate, subpetiolated, nearly twice the 
length of the thorax. Legs with ferruginous stripes. Wings long, 
narrow, lanceolate, dark blue, mingled with green and purple. 
Length of the body 8 — 9 lines ; of the wings 18 — 20 lines. 
Para, Valley of the Amazon. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Page 198. 
Herea ruficeps. 
d . Santarem. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
Page 206. 
POMPOSTOLA HYPARCHUS. 
d. Ashanti. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society’s collection. 
Page 208. 
Genus TEICHELA. 
Tri chela, Boisd . Herr.-Schaff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 1. 
Euope, p. 208. 
