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fore border has a semiquadrate notch on each side : breast pitchy, 

 testaceous about the hips : abdomen red : a broad bright luteous 

 band on each of the fore-thitihs ; middle-thighs tawny with black 

 lips ; hind-thighs pale tawny ; hind- shanks pitchy : fore-wings 

 brown, with a short, sometimes interrupted luteous stripe along the 

 hind border from the base ; opposite this there is a luteous spot on 

 the fore border, and one on the disk beyond ; two more luteous spots 

 at two-thirds of the length, one on the fore border, the other near 

 the hind-border: hind-wings slightly gray, pale brown at the tips 

 and along the hind border ; veins brown, luteous at the base. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the w ings 9 lines. 



a, h. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



16. Sphenorhina lineata. 



Testacea ; abdomen riifescens ; pedes lutei ; tarsi nigri ; alee an- 

 ticafuscce, luteo hifasciatce et bivittata, ad costam fulvce . 



Testaceous, shining: head and chest finely punctured: head 

 above depressed on each side of the slight keel ; face luteous, much 

 compressed, almost rectangular; keel distinct; cross-ridges on each 

 side very strongly marked : mouth pitchy, testaceous at the base : 

 chest slightly impressed on each side in front: abdomen reddish ; 

 appendages tawny : legs luteous ; feet and tips of the shanks black ; 

 hind-feet tawny at the base : fore-wings pale brown ; fore border 

 tawny ; two luteous bauds at the base ; beyond these tw^o luteous 

 stripes extend along the disk to the tips: hind-wings grayish, 

 slightly tinged with brown at the tips and along the hind borders ; 

 veins brown, luteous at the base. Length of the l)ody 2^ lines ; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



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



17. Sphenorhina stellata. 



Nigra; scutelli latera rufa; abdominis segmentorum margines 

 postici rufescentes ; alee anticce nigro-fusc(B,rufo b-maculatce. 



Black, shining: head and chest thickly punctured, almost flat, 

 slightly brassy on each side ; head above with a slight brassy keel ; 

 face bluish-black, hardly compressed ; keel brassy ; cross-ridge 

 rather indistinct : feelers fermginous : scutcheon red on each side: 

 abdomen above pitchy ; hind borders of the segments reddish : 



