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5. Sephina vinula. (Tab. XII. fig. 23.) 
Sephina vinula, Stal, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiii. p. 273. 116a@'; En. Hem. i. p. 177. 77. 
Spartocera lampyroides, Walk. Cat. Het. iv. p. 6. 12°. 
Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz +, Oaxaca (coll. Dist.). 
The type in the collection of Dr. Signoret is here figured. 
6. Sephina dorsalis. (Tab. XIII. fig. 8.) 
Spartocerus dorsalis, White, Trans. Ent. Soc. iii. p. 92°. 
Spartocera dorsalis, Dall. List Hem. ii. p. 373. 4°; Stal, En. Hem. i. p. 175. 9. 
Hab. Mexico ! 2, 
The figure is from a typical specimen in the British Museum. 
Division CHARIESTERARIA, 
Chariesterida, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Férh. 1867, p. 546. 
Chariesterina, Stal, En. Hem. i. p. 178 (1870). 
In this division, which comprises three Neotropical genera, all found in Central Ame- 
rica, and one extended in its area to the Nearctic Region, the antenniferous tubercles 
are produced and spined or dentate internally, the femora are spined, and the third 
joint of the antennee dilated. 
CHARIESTERUS. 
Chariesterus, Laporte, Ess. Hém. p. 44 (1832); Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Férh. 1867, p. 546. 
Chariesterus has the antenniferous tubercles very strongly produced and acuminate, 
the basal joint of the antenne strongly incrassated, and the lateral angles of the pro- 
notum produced and spinous. The genus is not numerous in species; but these have a 
wide habitat: Rio Janeiro in the south and the United States in the north are well 
authenticated localities. 
1. Chariesterus alternatus, n. sp. (Tab. XIII. fig. 13.) 
Brownish testaceous, finely pilose; head with a narrow basal margin and a broader longitudinal streak on 
each lateral lobe black; legs luteous; antenn with the basal joint scabrous and luteous, second joint 
about subequal in length to first, luteous, and narrowly and obscurely blackish at apex, third joint broadly 
dilated on each side, fuscous, with the base narrowly and obscurely blackish (fourth joint wanting). 
Pronotum with the lateral angles produced, distinctly spinous at apex and deeply sinuated posteriorly, and 
terminating with two small and somewhat indistinct spines near posterior margin. Scutcllum with the 
apex luteous. Membrane cupreous. Connexivum alternately luteous and black. Underside of body and 
legs paler and redder; abdomen with the margin alternately black and luteous, and with five longitudinal 
rows of black spots, one central and four lateral (two on each side). Rostrum blackish, with the apices 
of the joints narrowly luteous. 
_ Long. 114 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca (Bilimel, Mus. Vind. Ces.). 
