A(;mDiD,E. 5i21 



4. Xll'HOCKR.V. TRICRISTATA. 



Xipliicera tiiciistata, Serv. Hint. Orlh. 613. 



Col'imliia. 



5 XiPHOCERA OCTOLUNATA. 



Xipliicer.i octolmiata, Sfw. Ilist. Orth. 615. 

 Coloml)ia. 



6. XiPHOGERA TRILINEATA. 



Xipiiiceia Irilineata, Serv. Rev. 81 ; Hul. Orlh. ()14, pi. 14, f. 2 — Xiplioceia 

 trilineata, JDurm. Handb. Enl. ii. 614. 



a. Brazil. 



b. ? From jMr. Birch's collection. 



f, d. ? Presented liy tbe Entomological Club. 



7. XiPHOCERA VINDICATA. 



Xipliicera vinclicala, Serv. Hist. Orth. 614, pi. 21, f. 3. 

 Buenos Ayres. 



8. XiPHOCKRA UORSALIS. 



dorsalis, Burnt. Handb. Enl. ii. 613. 

 Bahia. 



!). XiPHOCEUA AUROEIPENNIS. 



auroripennis, Biirm. Handb. Eat. ii. 613. 

 Surinam. 



10. XiPHOCERA OCTOMACULATA. 



Xiphicera octoinaculata, Scuddcr, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. 

 Napo or Maranon. 



II. XiPHOCERA FUNESTA. 



Fcem. Ferrtn/inea ; caput anlice Inngi-commm et sulcninm ; antenncc 

 picea, lanctolata ; prolhorax sraber, nigra ijuadrivil talus, carina 

 media vLv conspicua, carinis duabus InternlibuH bene deter ininali>;, 

 margine postico angnlalo ; abdomen piceum ; femora pontica supra 

 spinulosa ; aim anticce apice rotundatcB, abdomine hreviores ; aUe 

 posticcB pallide lutece. 



Female. Ferruginous. Head smooth, forming an elongated furrowed 

 cone in front of the eyes; front minutely punciureii, with the usual four 

 keels. Eyes tawny, elliptical, prominent. AnteunEe piceous, lanceolate, 

 longer than the protliorax. Prothorax scabrDU"*, with a liartliy elevated 

 middle line in the flat disk, which is bordered by two well-defined keels; 

 four black stripes, the outer pair very incomplete; hind border angular. 

 Prosternum with a stout erect spine. Aiidomen piceous. Hind femora 

 above with a row of very minute spines; spines of the hind tibiae very short 



