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wards the fore border, with an arched suture across the middle : legs 



pale testaceous ; spines of the hind-shanks ferruginous, blacli: at the 



base : fore-wings slightly rugulose towards the base : hind-wings 



colourless. Length of the body 4—5^ lines ; of the wings 10—12 



lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



6, c. Brazil. 



.3. SCARIS LATIPENNIS. 



Ferruginea ; scutum fiavo univittatum et bimaculatum ; pedes 

 picei, femoribus jferrugineis ; ahe antica; fiisctB, maculis hiri- 

 (lis ornatcB ; alee posticce lurldce. 



Ferruginous : head minutely punctured, impressed above : 

 chest flat, transversely striated, somewhat pitchy on the disk ; shield 

 with a short yellow stripe between the disk and the hind border, 

 which has a yellow spot on each side : legs pitchy ; thighs ferrugi- 

 nous: fore-wings dark brown, with several large oblong luiid spots: 

 hind-wings lurid. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 11 

 lines. 



a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



4. ScAPclS OBLIQUA. 



Picea ; caput ferntgineum ; scutellum flavo univittatum et bimacu- 

 latum ; metathorax ferrugineus ; pedes ruji ; alcB an ficce ni- 

 gra fuscce, fulvo guttata, fulvo basi apiceque maculates ; ahe 

 posticce fusca. 



Pitchy: head dark ferruginous; face shining, flat, and very 

 finely shagreened on the disk, convex, and with slight oblique stria? 

 on each side ; crown much impressed : chest transversely striated ; 

 scutcheon with a yellow stripe in the disk, and a yellow spot on 

 each side of the hind border : hind-chest ferruginous : legs dark 

 red ; feet pitchy towards the tips ; fore-wings dark brown, adorned 

 with numerous tawny dots, with two tawny spots at the base, and 

 with several confluent tawny marks at the tips : hind-wings brown, 

 paler at the base. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 9 

 lines. 



a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



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