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16. Triecphora maculata. 



Rufa; ales anticcB fusco unifasciatcB et bimaculatce. 



Bright red: head and chest finely punctured: crown with a 

 longitudinal suture on each side of the disk ; epistoma with a flat 

 linear front, which is conical towards the mouth, the latter has a 

 black tip : feet and tips of shanks black : fore-wings thickly punc- 

 tured, with a broad, dark brown, slightly oblique band across the 

 middle, and with two large dark brown spots, forming an interrupted 

 band near the tip: hind-wings almost colourless; veins black. 

 Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 6 lines, 



a. North West Coast of New Holland. From Mr. Dring's collec- 

 tion. 



17. Triecphora afra. 



Nigra ; abdomen et pedes picea ; ala ■posticce fusco-cinerecB. 



Black: head and chest thickly punctured: crown with two 

 longitudinal furrows on the disk ; epistoma in front flat, long spindle- 

 shaped, with a rim on each side ; sides with distinct, parallel, slightly 

 oblique ridges : mouth, abdomen, and legs pitchy : fore-wings 

 thickly punctured: hind-wings brownish gray ; veins black. Length 

 of the body 2| lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Cape. Presented by M. Serville. 



18. Triecphora inconstans. 



Nigra; caput, pectus, abdomen et pedes rufa; tarsi nigri; alw 

 anticce rufo unimaculatce et unifasciatce . 



Black : head and chest thinly and coarsely punctured : head 

 red; crown rather depressed; epistoma with a slightly concave 

 spindle-shaped front, which has indistinct, parallel, slightly slanting, 

 transverse ridges on each side : mouth red, with a black tip : chest 

 along the fore border and scutcheon reddish : breast, abdomen, and 

 legs bright red : feet and tips of shanks black : fore-wings black, 

 thickly punctured, with a red curved band near each tip, and a red 

 spot on the base of the fore border: hind-wings grayish; veins 

 black. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



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