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5. Paratropes pellucens. 



Blalta pellucens, Thunb. Mem. St. Pelersb. x. 276. 



a. Brazil. 



6. Paratropes lanceolatus. 



Fcem. Niger; caput prothoracem perpaullo svperans ; ocitli lividi ; 

 prolhorax maculis duabus iateraiibus maximis testaceis anlice 

 atlenualis et eotincxis ; trochanleres leslaceu nolati ; aice anlic<B 

 pallide ocfiracete, vittis duabus discoidaiibus apicem versus connexis 

 villaque poslica nigris. 



Female. Black, elliptical, shiniiijT, tbickly and minutely punctured. 

 Head extending a little beyond the prothoiax. Eyes livid. Prothorax in 

 front slightly vaulted in the middle, slightly hollowed on each side; fore 

 part occupied by two very large pyriform testaceous spots, which are 

 narrowly connected on the middle of the fore border; hind part with a few 

 large shallow punctures, hind border rounded. Legs stout; a testaceous 

 mark on each of the trochanters. Wings pale ochraceous. Fore wings 

 with two black discoidal stripes which converge and are connected at the 

 lip; a black stripe on the hind border connected towards the base in the 

 left wing with the hinder discoidal stripe. Length of the body 10 lines ; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 



In the strijies of the fore wings it has much resemblance to jR. bivilta, 

 from which it differs widely iu the shape and markings of the prothorax. 



a. Cuenca. From Mr. Eraser's collection. 



7. Paratropes bivitta. 



Mas et fcem. Rufescentc ferrugineus ; prothorax fascia anlica testacea 

 arcuala nigra murginata ; abdomen piceutn, segmcniorum ventralium 

 lateribus fuivo plugialis ; pedes fulvi, splnis tarsi^que niyris, coxis 

 anlicis atbidis ; alcB aniicce nigra trivittatcE, striga poslica dexlra 

 fusca laiissima, villa poslica sinistra nigra apicem versus fusca 

 interrupta et slrigulosa ; ahe poslica lurid<s, piceo late marginataE, 

 area anali cinerea Jusco lalissime marginata. 



Male and female. Reddish ferruginous, elliptical, shining, very 

 finely punctured. Prothorax with a testaceous curved marginal band 

 which IS bordered iu fiont and behind by a black line, the anterior line on 

 the fore border of the prothorax, which is slightly truncated and vaulted. 

 Mesothorax and metathorax black, the latter testaceous on each side. 

 Abdomen piceous; first ventral segment with a testaceous spot on each 

 side; the iollowiug ventral segments with a tawny patch on each side; 

 tip tawuy beneath. Legs tawny, very stout; spines and tarsi black; fore 

 coxae whitish. Fore wings with a black costal stripe whii li extends Irom the 

 base to much beyond the middle; two black abbreviated discoidal siri))es, 

 which towards the tip in the left wing are broken into longitudinal streaks ; 

 hind border of the left wing with a black stripe, this towards the lip passes 

 into brown streaks which are connected on the border; a very broad brown 

 streak on tiie exterior part of the hind border of the right wing. Hind 

 wings lurid, with a broad pictous border; anal area pale cinereous, with a 



