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11. Sphenorhina QUADRIGUTTATA. 



Picea; abdomen supra rufum ; pedes nigri ; tarsi ruji ; alee an- 

 ticcB luteo himaculatcB. 



Pitchy, shining': head with transverse furrows and three keels 

 in front : chest finely ru;;ulose, fore-chest slightly impressed on each 

 side in front, with an indistinct middle ridge ; abdomen red ahove : 

 legs black ; knees and feet bright red ; hind-shanks red towards the 

 base : fore-wings adorned with two round luteous spots at two-thirds 

 of the length j one on the fore border, larger than the other, which 

 is near the hind border: hind-wings gray, brown at the tips and 

 along ihe hind borders. Length of the body A^ — 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 — 15 lines. 



a. — Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



12. Sphenorhina suffusa. 



Rufa ; pectus piceum ; abdomen subius nigrum ; alee anticce sub- 

 fusca, luteo bimaculatce et univittata. 



Red, shining : head and chest thickly punctured, slightly 

 shining : head depressed on each side of the middle keel ; face 

 slightly compressed, with a very prominent keel, having on each 

 side distinct, slightly curved ridges : tip of the mouth pitchy : chest 

 with an angular depression on each side near the fore border : breast 

 pitchy: abdomen mostly black beneath: fore-wings pale brown, 

 with a large oblong orange spot on the fore border at the base ; be- 

 neath this and a little further from the base there is an oblique 

 orange mark, and nearer the tip an interrupted orange stripe, which 

 does not reach the hind border: hind-wings lurid; veins brown, 

 bright red at the base. Length of the body 4| lines ; of the wings 

 13 lines. 



13. Sphenorhina notata. 



Ferruginea ; pectus et abdomen rufa: pedes nigri; femora rufa; 

 tibice posliccB fulvce ; alee anticce subfusccB, rufo trinotata. 



Ferruginous, shining : head and chest rather roughly punc- 

 tured : head depressed on the disk, pitchy on each side in front ; 



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