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5. SpHENORHINA LITURITA? 



Cercopis liturata? St. Farg. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 606, 9. 



^nea ; caput anticum, pectus, abdomen et pedes nigra; pectus rufo 

 maculatum ; alee anticce rufo triiittat(c. 



Brassy, lliiclcly punctured : head black in front ; keel very pro- 

 minent, and forming- in front an almost right angle, with transverse 

 furrows on each side ; mouth red at the base: breast and abdomen 

 black, the former red about the hips: oviduct red: legs black; 

 knees and trochanters red : fore-wings black, very thickly and mi- 

 nutely punctured, covered with gilded down, adorned with three red 

 stripes ; first near the fore border, joining the second near the tip of 

 the wing ; second and third accompanying the longitudinal veins : 

 second with a short fork near the base : hind-wings brown ; veins 

 black. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 

 a. Brazil. 



6. Sphenoehina venosa. 



Nigra ; scutelli latera et metathorax picea ; abdomen basi rufescens ; 

 al(2 anticcs nigro-picece rufo-venosce. 



Black, almost dull : head shining, keeled and very angular in 

 front, with transverse furrows : fore-chest very thickly punctured : 

 hind-chest and sides of the scutcheon pitchy: abdomen reddish at 

 the base, somewhat dilated on each side : fore-wings piceous black, 

 red alonw- the veins which are also red : hind-wings dark brown ; 

 veins black. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Argent's collection. 



7. Sphenorhina elliptica. 



Nigra, rufo varia ; alee antica rufcs nigro marginatce et bimacu- 

 latcB. 



Black, shining : head in front bright red and forming an an- 

 gular and very acute keel : hinder sides of the fore-chest, sides and 

 tip of the scutcheon and hind-chest bright red : oviduct and part of 

 the breast red : fore-wings black ; disk and part of the base bright 



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