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INSECTA SAUN'DERSIAXA. 



Tawny. Fore wings with a reddish tinge in the costa for nearly half 

 the breadth, and with an indistinct blackish shade in the fore pari of the 

 disk ; apical part rather obtuse. Hind wings grayish vitreous. Length 

 of the body 2J lines; of the wings 6 lines. 



Cape Coast. 



Genus SPHENORHINA, Amyot et Serv. 



Sphenokhina inclusa. 



Nigra; ahdmmn basi Icete rufum ; alee antic<e costa marc/inrque postico 

 ex parte fasciaque angusla rnjis ; poslicce obscure cinereo-vitrece, basi 

 Icete rufce. 



Black. Abdomen bright red at the base. Fore wings red along the 

 costa for full two-thirds of the length, where there is a narrow upright red 

 band ; interior border red for a short space from the base. Hind wings 

 dark grayish vitreous, bright red at the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



Colombia. 



Sphenorhina qdadripunctata. 



Cyanescente-nigra ; abdomen nigricante-piceum, basi rufum ; alee antica 

 guttis duabiis oppositis rufis ; posticce nigricante-vitrece. 



Bluish black. Abdomen blackish piceous, red at the base. Knees 

 red. Fore wings with two red dots opposite each other at two-thirds of 

 the length, one near the costa, the other near the hind border. Hind 

 wings blackish vitreous. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 12^ 

 lines. 



Brazil. 



Sphenorhina semifascia. 

 Picea ; caput sat acutum ; scutellum tcstaceo marginatum ; abdomen 

 guttis lateralibus luteis, apice testaceum ; alec anticce apud costam 

 nigra, fasciis duabus luteis, lo guttulari, 2a interrupta ; posticcefus- 

 cescenle-vitrecB. 



Piceous. Head moderately acute. Scutellum with a testaceous line 

 along each side. Abdomen with luteous dots along each side, testa- 

 ceous at the tip. Fore wings black along the costa, with two interrupted 



