98 IXSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



Genus PROCONIA, St. Farg. et Serv. 



PrOCONIA ^QUABILIS. 



Nigra, subtusjtava ; caput supra lovgi-conicuw subconcavnm svhauhatum 

 guttis plnrimis lutein, subtus longum subconvexum ; thorax piccun, 

 margine antico scutelloque nigris luteo gutlatis ; abdomen supra 

 atrum guttis laleralibus apiceque luteis ; pedes pallide lutei ; alte 

 anticce nigricantes, apive cinereo-vitrecB ; posticce vilreee. 



Black, j'ellow beneath. Head elongate-conical, above with numerous 

 luteous dots, slightly concave and with a slight furrow ; front long, 

 slightly convex. Thorax piceous, except along the fore border, which, 

 like the scutellum, is black, with luteous dots. Abdomen above deep 

 black, with luteous spots along each side and with a luteous lip. Legs 

 pale luteous. Fore wings blackish, grayish vitreous at the tips and along 

 the adjoining part of the hind border. Hind wings vitreous. Length of 

 the body 4 lines : of the wings 7 lines. 



Brazil. 



Proconia excludens. 



Testacea ; caput supra conicum, sulcatum, nigra biguttatum, subtus nigra 

 quinque gutiaium, disco depresso subconcavo ; abdomen supra nigrum, 

 subtus macula paslica nigra ; pedes nigra guttati ; ales cinereo-vitrea ; 

 anticcB striga costali exteriare informi nigro-fusca maculisque duabus 

 nigris. 



Testaceous. Head conical, with a slight longitudinal furrow and 

 a slight angular transverse suture above ; a black dot on each side by the 

 eye; front with the disk depressed and very slightly concave, and with two 

 black dots; three black dots adjoining the face. Abdomen black above; 

 under side with a black spot hind ward. Legs with a few black dots. 

 Wings grayish vitreous ; fore wings with an irregular blackish brown 

 costal streak beyond the middle, ending into two small black spots. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Venezuela. 



