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CATALOGUE OF 



with nn acute erect spine. Hind femora with minute spines on the two 

 lower keels ; liind tibice vvith black-lii)pe{l spines, which are twite lonjrev 

 on the inner side than on the outer. Winp;s rather short, rounded at the 

 tips. Fore vvinjis vvith a white stripe alonir the hind border and with a 

 brifjht yellow black-boidered spot in the disk very near the base. Hind 

 wiiiirs rather shorter, bright oran<re-red, with green tips and with a pellucid 

 stripe near the costa. Length of the body 14 lines; expansion of the fure 

 wings 23 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



16. XlPHOCERA SPOLIATA. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput el prothnrax viridi biviltut.a ; caput antice coni- 

 cutn ; antennce setacpte, apices versus picere ; prnthorax aspere punc- 

 latus, subtricarinalus, viari/ine antico subrolundalo subinciso, tnar- 

 yine poslico producto acuto ; femora pnsllca subtus biscriatim 

 spinulosa ; a/ce antlcce virides, apice i-otundatte, villa postica teslacea 

 lanceolata ; alee poslicrs ochracece, apice ni()ricantes. 



Male. Testaceous, rather slender. Head and prothnrax wiih two 

 ffreen stripes. Head smooth, conical in front of the eyes ; front vvith four 

 keels, the inner pair approximate and nearly |)arallel. Eyes elliptical, 

 transverse, prominenl. Antenna; flai, slender, tapering, piceous towards 

 liie tips, longer than the pioihorax. Prothorax roughly punctured, witli 

 three slii;hl ktels ; fore border slightly numded, notthed in the middle; 

 hind part elongated, acutely angular. Piosleriiuni with an acute erect 

 spine. Hind femora with minute spines on the two lower keels; hind libice 

 with black-ti|iped spine'--, those on the inner side more than twice the length 

 of those on the outer side. Wings rounded at the tijjs. Fore wings green, 

 witii a testaceous tapering siripe along the hind border. Hind wings 

 rather shorter, ochraceoiis, blacki^h at the li|is and along the adjoining part 

 of the hind border. Length of the body 15 lines; expansion of the fore 

 wings 32 lines. 



The more acute tip of the proihorax, the longer spines of the hind 

 tibiae and the longer wings distinguish this species from the preceding 

 one. 



a. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



17. XiPHOCKRA PLAGIATA. 



Fcem, Aicfricans, sublux fcrntginea ; caput subscabrum, antice conicum 

 et sutcalum, sublus Jlavo quadriptagiatutn ; antennce picece, selacem ; 

 prothnrax scaber, sublricarinitus, viltis quatuor Jlavis latis obliquis, 

 m'lVf/ine poslico producto aculo ; pedes quatuor anleriores ferrutjinei, 

 tibiis svbtus biserialim spinulosis, femoribus poslicis sublus denlicu- 

 latis ; aim attliecE villa coslali lata viridi. 



Female. Blackish, f'eiruginous beneath. Head very slightly scabrous, 

 conical and furruweil in fnuit of the eyes; lour yellow patches, two on the 

 Inuit anil one on each side ; front vvith four keels, of which the inner pair 

 are a[iproxiu)ate and parallel and n)ore distinct than the outer pair. Eyes 

 ferruginous, traii'.verse, prominent, elongate-elliptical. Antennye piceous, 



