90 TNSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



Sphknorhina PERFECTA. 



^neo-nigra ; caput peraculum, riifo marginulum ; thorax scitissime 

 punctatus, rufo marginatus ; pectus, abdomen et pedes nigra; ala 

 anticce breviusculce, latiusculce, apud costam convexa, margine ma- 

 culisque tribus discalibus rufis ; posticce cinerascente-vitrece. 



^neous-black. Head very acute, bordered with red. Prothorax 

 and scutelluni bordered with red, the former very finely punctured. 

 Pectus, abdomen and legs black. Fore wings rather short and broad, 

 convex along the costa, bordered with red, and with three red spots in tbe 

 disk, the first at one-third of the length, the olliers at two-thirds of 

 the length. Hind wings brownish vitreous. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



South America. 



Sphenorhina simplex. 



Rufa ; abdomen nigrum, basi ritfum ; alee anticce nigrrn, basi et apud 

 costam nonnunquam fulvce ; posticce nigricanie-vitrece. 

 Red, Abdomen black, red at the base. Fore wings black, occasion- 

 ally tawny at the base and along the costa. Hind wings blackish vitreous. 

 Length of the body 3— 3^ lines ; of the wings 7 — 8 lines. 



Colombia. 



Sphenorhina 12- punctata. 

 Picea; caput peracutxim ; pectus et abdomen cyanescente-nigra, illius 

 segmenta rufo marginala ; pedes nigri, tarsis posterioribus basi 

 genubusque rufis; alee anticcB nigrce, guttis sex rufis ; poslictB fus- 

 cescente-vitrece. 



Piceous. Head very acute. Pectus and abdomen bluish black : seo'- 

 raents of the former bordered with red. Legs black; posterior tarsi 

 at the base and knees red. Fore wings black, with six red dots ; four near 

 the base, and two in a line adjoining the reticulated part, one of them on 

 the costa, the other near the hind border. Hind wings brownish vitreous. 

 Length of tbe body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Para, 



