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Described from three females in the Herbert H. Smith collection, 

 taken at Chapada, Brazil, in June and Aiigusf. 



Neocoelidea Barrett i, n. sp. — Female. Lengtli 6 mm. Vertex 

 moderately produced, obtuse. Colour pale lemon-yellow. Tip of vertex 

 with a small black spot ; from this, extending backward to the tip of the 

 clavus, is a conspicuous longitudinal brown band ; the sides of this band 

 are darker, and incurved twice on the vertex, once on the pronotum, once 

 on the scutel, and twice on the clavus ; it terminates in a brown spot on 

 •either side just beyond tip of clavus. Scutel with a black spot on 

 either side of the centre. Elytra subhyaline, slightly smoky within at tip. 

 Wings milky white, with a median longitudinal fuliginous band. Tergum 

 with a median longitudinal black band. 



Male somewhat smaller and more strongly coloured, the valves as in 

 lineata. 



Described from several specimens collected near Vera Cruz, Mexico, 

 Named in honour of Mr, O. W. Barrett, a collector who shows promise 

 of doing something noteworthy on the Mexican fauna. This is the most 

 striking North American species of the genus. 



Neocoelidea bimaculata, n. sp. — Female. Length 6.5 mm. With the 

 colour and very much the general a[)pearance of tiiodesta, but smaller, 

 slenderer, and with two brown commissural spots on clavus, one at base, 

 the other at tip. The vertex is proportionately more produced. Last 

 ventral segment somewhat longer than preceding, depressed either side of 

 median line, the hind margin slightly produced and minutely notched at 

 middle. 



Male slightly smaller, the valves rather large and long, gradually 

 evenly narrowed to obtuse points. 



Described from a male and female in the Herbert H. Smith collec- 

 tion, taken at Chapada, Brazil, in August. 



Neocoelidea Sinit/iii, n. sp. — Female. Length 8 mm. Pale yellowish 

 with faint touches of reddish on sides of front, pronotum, scutel, and along 

 commissural margin of clavus. Elytra shining yellowish, subhyaline, with 

 four dark spots on inner margin, three on clavus and one beyond ; with a 

 complete transverse decoloured band before transverse nervures, which 

 is edged before near costa with a dash of red ; with another partial de- 

 coloured band beyond transverse nervures whicli is edged near costa with 

 fuliginous. Costal margin of elytra and first sector of wings greenish. 

 Wing subhyaline, with a median row of three fuliginous spots ; veins pale 



