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Length of the bod}^ 0.69 inch ; expansion of the elytra, 1.67 inches. 



Female. — Body tawny, except the fore part of tiie head. Head and pro- 

 notum without marliiugs. Abdomen much longer than the hind femora. 

 Elytra pellucid, with the exception of an abbreviated irregular and interrupted 

 tawny stripe, which is broadest near the base; a hinder stripe formed by pale- 

 yellow veins, as are also some marks in the tawny stripe. Wings with the 

 basal part more completely roseate than in the male, and without a brown 

 tinge along the exterior border. 



Length of the body, 1.1 inches; expansion of the elytra, 2.25 inches. 



Honduras (Walker). 



OG. ti'au»lt'isafa, Walk., Cat Dermap. Salt., IV, 733. 



Male. — Brown, shining, testaceous beneath. Head smooth ; fore part 

 thinly punctured ; tip of the vertex conical, excavated on each side, with a 

 very slight carina, which disappears in front ; the four carinae of the face very 

 slightly defined, diverging below. Anteunee blackish, luteous toward the 

 base. Pronotum finely rugulose, with two testaceous spots on each side, and 

 with a well-defined testaceous carina, which is slightly interrupted in the 

 middle by a transverse furrow ; hind border with a vein forming a rounded 

 and shghtly obtuse angle. Abdomen and legs testaceous. Hind femora a 

 little longer than the abdomen; four or five black streaks on the outside; 

 inside black, with two testaceous bands beyond the middle. Hind tibisB 

 much shorter than the hind femora, with a faint brownish streak on each side 

 before the middle ; spines black at the tips. Four anterior legs partly 

 clouded with brown. Elytra testaceous ; basal half mostly occupied (with 

 the exception of a testaceous stripe) with brown spots and large patches ; 

 apical half cinereous, with some interrupted brown bands. Wings blackish, 

 with a large cinereous patch and with some posterior cinereous streaks ; 

 basal part bright-red, except along the costal border, where there is a red 

 streak. Carina of the pronotum is much more defined than in OS. swmichrasti. 

 From (E. mexicana it may be distinguished by the hind tibiae without bands 

 and by the markings of the elytra. 



Length, 0.88 inch ; expansion of elytra 1.8 inches. 



Oajaca, Mexico (Walker). 

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