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the base : hind-wings almost colourless ; veins tawny. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



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



16. MONECPHORA BIFASCIA. 



Nigra; scutellum apice fulvum ; pectus, abdomen et pedes rufa ; 

 alee anticce fuscce, hasi fasciuque duabus rufis. 



Black : head and chest finely punctured : head reddish about 

 the border and beneath; face convex; keel prominent; ridges on 

 each side distinct, parallel, oblique : mouth reddish, with a black tip : 

 tip of the scutcheon tawny: breast, abdomen, and legs red; feet 

 black towards the tii)S : fore-wings brown, red at the base, adorned 

 with two narrow pale red bands, one at one-third, the other at two- 

 thirds of the len<>th: hind-wings pale brown; veins black, red at 

 the base. Length of the body 3— 3^ lines ; of the wings 8 — 9 

 lines. 



17. MoNECPHORA VIRIDESCENS. 



Viridis ; abdomen apice rufum; pedes rufi ; femora nigra; ala 

 anticcE nigro-virides, Jlavo bivittake et unifasciatcB. 



Metallic green : head and chest very thickly punctured : head 

 above depressed on each side ; face very convex, with a slight ridge, 

 on each side of which are parallel rather indistinct slightly oblique 

 ridges: mouth red; antennae black: abdomen at the tip and legs 

 red ; thighs Idack : fore-wings blackish-green, with two short curved 

 yellow stripes, which proceed from the base, and terminate l^efore 

 half the length, the inner one extends to the fore border; a slender 

 slightly waved yellow band extends across the wing at two-thirds of 

 the length : hind-wings grayisii ; veins black. Length of the body 

 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. S. America. Presented, by E. Dotibleday, Esq. 



18. MoNECPHORA SEMIFASCIA. 



Nigra ; scutellum et abdomen rufa, hoc siibtus nigrum ; femora 

 postica apice tibiceque posticce basi rufa ; alee anticcB rufo bi- 

 maculatce et wiifasciatce. 



Black : head and chest shagreened, dull: head above depressed 

 on each side ; face very convex, its keel prominent, with distinct 



