366 CATALOGUE OF 



Nearly allied to T. media, from which it differs in the structure of the 

 pro thorax. 

 a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



3. TOPANA VARIA. 



Foem. Ferrvginea, gracilis ; caput verlice laferibmque sordide alhidis, 

 fronte subpilosa subpuwlata ; oruli nigro lineati ; anlennce albidce, 

 niyro anaulatce ; prothoiax disco /luvo, vitlis duabus marginalibus 

 albis^ carinis latcralibits valde delerminatis ; abdomen roseum ; ovi- 

 ductus abdomini aquilongus ; pedes albidi, femoribus apice tibiisque 

 basi ferriKjincis, femoribus posticis basi ferrugineis ; aim anticce 

 pallide virides, plaga maculis quinque exlerioribus punclisque ferru- 

 gineis ; alee poslicce diap/iana-, apice virides. 



Female. Body ferruginous, slender, smooth, shininf^. Head dingy 

 whitish above and on each side, a sli<^ht keel on the fore part of the vertex, 

 divided by a transverse suture from the projection of the front between the 

 antetinae; front erect, slightly pilose, thinly puuclured. Eyes short-ellip- 

 lical, prominent, rntlier larj,'e, with black stripes. Palpi rather sloul; third 

 joint much lonjier than the fourih, much shorter than the fifth, wliich is 

 clavate. Antennte whitish, very slender, very minutely setulose, more than 

 twice the length of the hotly, with black rings. Prothorax with a flat 

 yellow disk, which widens slightly hindward and has a slight longitudinal 

 furrow and is bordeied by a slight rim ; lateral keels strongly marked ; an 

 irregular white stripe along each side ; fore border nearly straight ; hind 

 border slightly rounded. Abdomen rosy red. Oviduct much curved, as long 

 as the abdomen. Legs whitish, slightly setiilose; femora towards the tips 

 and tibise towards the base ferruginous ; femora with two spines beneath 

 near the tips ; hind femora ferruginous and incrassated towards the base, 

 yiore than half the length of the fore wings. Fore wings pale green, with 

 some ferruginous points, a large ferruginous patch in the disk and a group 

 of five exterior ferruginous spots also in the disk. Hind wings pellucid, 

 somewhat longer than the fore wings, with the usual apical green space. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 16 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 100. S AGON A. 



Mas. Corpus glabrum, nitens, sat rubustum. Caput prothorace vix 

 angustius, carina bievi lata sulcata. Oculi elliptici, prominuli, sat parvi. 

 Palpi graciles ; articulus 3us 4o valde longior ; 5us subclavatus, 4o duplo 

 longior. Antennte longae, gracillimae, Proth(n'acis discus planus, lineis 

 duabus transversis lineolisque diuibus arcuatis impressis. Mesusiernum et 

 metasternum incisa. Cerci lanceolati, arcuati. Cornicula duo infera 

 brevia. Pedes longi, graciles, femoribus tibiisque spinulosis. Ala anticae 

 laliusculsB, fere fusiformes, alls posticis breviores, spatio subcostal! lato. 



Male. Body smooth, shining, rather stout. Head almost as broad as 

 the prothorax, with a broad short broadly furrowed keel between the 

 antennae; front erect. Eyes rather snuill, elliptical, prominent. Palpi 

 slender ; fourih joint of the maxillary much shorter than the third and about 

 half the length of the lifih, which is subclavate. Antenna very slender, 



