HOMOFriiRA. 



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SpHENORHINA BIPARS. 



Obscure rufa; caput sat acuium; abdomen et pedes late rufa; ala: 

 antics fascia media ochracea apud costam dilatata, apices versus 

 niyrcE ; poslicce cinereo-vitrece. 



Dark red. Head rather acute. Abdomen and legs brighter red. 

 Fore wings with a broad orange middle baud, which is dilated along the 

 costa towards the base, and with full one-third of the length from the tips 

 black. Hind wings grayish vitreous. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 8 lines. ' 



South America. 



Spuenorhina pal LI fascia. 



Nigra ; caput peraculum ; prolhorax anticus, scutellum, pectus, coxa et 



femora poslica Icete rufa ; abdomen obscure rufum, basi Icele rufum ; 



alee anticcB fasciis duabus pallide flavis, 2a perangusta costam versus 



laliore ; posticce fuscescerUe-vilreeB. 



Black. Head very acute. Prothorax in front, scutellum and pectus 



bright red. Abdomen dark red, bright red towards the base. Coxx and 



hind femora bright red. Fore wings with a pale yellow band near 



the base, and with another at two-thirds of the length, the latter very 



slender, widening towards the costa. Hind wings brownish vitreous. 



Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Colombia. 



Sphenorhina decernens. 



Nigra; caput rufum, peracutum, supra inter oculos nigrum; prolhorax 

 anticus, scutellum, pectus ex parte, abdomen basi et subtus femoraque 

 rufa ; femora anticu apice nigra ; alee anticce fasciis duabus luteis, 

 2a angusta ; posticce fuscescente-vitreee. 

 Black. Head red, very acute, black above between the eyes. Pro- 

 thorax in front, scutellum, part of the pectus, and abdomen at the base and 

 beneath red. Femora red; fore femora black at the tips. Fore wings 

 with two luteous bands, one near the base, the other narrow, at two-thirds 

 of the length, most slender in the middle. Hind wings brownish vitreous. 



