LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Trochilium Bembeciforme, Curt. Brit. Eat. viii. pi. 372, f. * 
Steph. Haust. iv. 384. 
a — England. From Mr. Stephens’ collection. 
h — L England. 
Asia. 
3. Sphecia repanda. 
Foem. Cyaneo -nigra ; caput albo varium ; palpi fiavi ; antennee 
luteee , simplices , apices versus supra nigro-cyanece ; thorax 
jiavo quadrimaculatus ; abdominis segmenta luteo marginata , 
apex luteus ; pedes lutei , tihiis ex parte fuscis , posticis sat 
dense pilosis ; alee limpidee , ciliis purpureo-ferrugineis ; anticce 
basi nigro-purpurece. 
Female. — Bluish black. Head white in front and on each side 
behind, with luteous hairs beneath. Palpi yellow ; third joint 
longer than that of the European species. Antennas luteous, 
simple, subclavate, bluish black towards the tips above, very much 
longer than the thorax. Sides of the thorax with two yellow spots 
before the wings, and with some ferruginous hairs hindward. Seg- 
ments of the abdomen with luteous borders ; tip luteous. Legs 
luteous ; tibiae partly brown; hind tibiae rather thickly clothed with 
hairs. Wings limpid, with purplish ferruginous ciliae and veins. 
Fore wings purplish black at the base ; second inferior vein much 
nearer to the first than to the third; third very much nearer to the 
fourth than to the second. Hind wings more ample than those of 
the European species. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 
20 lines. 
a. North India. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
4. Sphecia contracta. 
Mas. Nigra ; caput apud oculos Jlavum, margine postico luteo ; 
palpi Jlavi ; antennee rufee ; thorax Jiavo bimaculaius et bivit - 
tatus ; abdomen fasciis , macula dorsali subapicali pilisque 
apicalibus lateralibus luteis ; pedes lutei , nigro vittati ; alee 
limpidee , anticce apud costam nigro-purpurece, apice fer~ 
rugineee. 
Male. Black. Head yellow about the eyes, luteous above 
behind. Palpi yellow, shorter than those of S. repando. Antennae 
red, very little longer than the thorax, rather more deeply pectinated 
