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covering- on each side : abdomen bright red ; underside piteliy, led 

 at the base: legs yellow : wings reddish brown: fore-wings broad, 

 adorned with two very broad white bunds. Length of the body 4^ 

 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 

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



Genus 5. PROPETES. 



Caput conicum, non acuminatum, supra foveolatum : abdomen bast 

 compressum : tibia anticce dilatatce. 

 Head large, conical, with a longitudinal furrow, not pointed : 

 abdomen compressed towards the base: fore-shanks widening to- 

 wards the tips. 



1. Propetes compeessa. 



Nigra; caput flavo bimaculatum ; scutum antice Jiavo trimacu/a- 

 tum ; scutellum luteum, piceo triiittatum ; pectus fuscu}n ; 

 abdomen flavo et albido fasciatwn ; pedes testaceo-flavi ; uUe 

 fusco marginatcB ; alee antic(B subfulvce, ad costam albido uni- 

 maculatce ; alee posticce limpidce. 



Black: head large, conical, broader than the chest, almost 

 truncate in front, with a yellow spot on each side of the hind border, 

 where it is impressed on each side, finely striated on the disk, with 

 curved ridges along the border; underside brown on each side to- 

 wards the eye : face triangular, very slightly concave, very minutely 

 striated, shining, as if polished, convex, and with very slight ridges 

 on each side: shield transversely rugose, with three yellow spots 

 along the fore border ; scutcheon pale luteous, with three pitchy 

 stripes in front of the transverse furrow: breast brown, with a short 

 broad yellow stripe, which rests on a slender yellow baud : abdomen 

 compressed, and adorned with two yellow arched bands towards the 

 base ; hind borders of some of the other segments whitish ; underside 

 with a pale yellow spot at the base : posterior-thighs testaceous be- 

 neath ; fore-shanks widening from the base to the tips ; middle- 

 shanks testaceous, Aviih black tips ; hind-shanks testaceous at the 

 base : fore-wings narrow, transparent, slightly tawny, mostly brown 

 along the borders, adorned with an oblong convex white spot along 

 the middle of the fore border : hind-wings colourless, bordered with 

 brown. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



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