70 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



black abdomen. Hind wings grayish ; veins black. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



South America. 



ACONOPHORA PUBESCENS. 



Ferrugineo-fusca, subaureo ptibescens ; prolhoracis cornu oblique ascendens, 

 valde compressum, e latere latum, apice rotundatum, nigra carinatum ; 

 carina postica apice peracuta, abdomen sat superans ; pedes fulvi ; 

 al(B antics apud marginem interiorem posticaque subcinerece. 



Ferruginous-brown, with slightly gilded pubescence. Horn of the 

 prothorax much compressed, obliquely ascending, broad laterally, rounded 

 at the tip, with a black keel, about as long as the breadth of the thorax 

 between the eyes. Hind part very acute at the tip, which extends some- 

 what beyond the abdomen. Legs tawny. Fore wings along the hind 

 border and hind wings vitreous, slightly cinereous. Length of the body 

 4J — 5 lines; of the wings 7^ — 8^ lines. 



South America. 



AcONOPHORA TENUICORNE. 



Fulva; prolhoracis cornu porreetum, non ascendens, e latere subatlenuatum^ 

 apicem versus subdilatatum, lateribus subcarinatis ; carina postica 

 apice acuta, abdomen perpaullo superans ; alee subcinereo-vitrece, 

 venis fulvis. 



Tawny. Horn of the prothorax porrect, horizontal, much compressed, 

 slightly tapering laterally till near the tip, where it is slightly widened, 

 with a slight keel on each side, as long as the breadth of the prothorax 

 between the eyes. Hind part acute at the tip, which extends very little 

 beyond the abdomen. Wings grayish vitreous ; veins lawny. Length of 

 the body 4 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Amazon Region, 



AcONOPHORA CULTELLATA. 



Nigra; prothorax subpubescens, cornu obliquo recto lineari valde com- 

 presso apice rotundato ; pedes fulvi ; alee anticce picece, ex parte 

 cinerece ; posticce subcinerece. 



