LIST OF H0310PTER0US INSECTS. 837 



base, slightly tinged with brown about the hind borders near the 

 base : veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines, 



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



11. Gypona quadrimacula. 



Fulva, subtus tesfacea ; caput nigro vittatum ; thorax nigra macu- 

 latiis ; al(B aniicce cupreo-picea;, maculis undjlavd duabusque 

 limpidis ornatce ; alee posticce sublhnpida, apice fusccB. 



Tawny, testaceous beneath : head flat, semicircular, concave 

 behind, a "little narrower than the chest, striated longitudinally in 

 the middle, and obliquely on each side, black along the borders, and 

 with two black stripes between the eyelets ; its length less than half 

 its breadth : chest almost flat, transversely striated ; shield bordered 

 with black on each side and behind, and with two black spots in 

 front, one of them on the fore border, the other towards the disk ; 

 scutcheon with two black spots on the fore border : abdominal seg- 

 ments red beneath along the hind borders, and with a red triangular 

 spot on each side : tips of the feet and of the hind-shanks black : 

 fore-wings pitchy, slightly coppery, with a large, pale yellow spot 

 on the base of the fore border ; a colourless spot near the tip of the 

 fore border, and another on the middle of the hind border : hind- 

 wings almost colourless, with brown tips. Length of the body 4^ 

 lines ; of the wino;s 9^ lines. 



Var. &. Crown black along each side, and with one black stripe 

 between the eyelets : shield with deep black borders, which enclose 

 some tawny spots on each side ; one black spot in the disk, none on 

 the fore border ; disk of the scutcheon black : abdomen wholly yel- 

 low beneath : tips of the hind-shanks testaceous : fore-wings mostly 

 lurid, 



a. Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq. 



12. Gypona eeticulata. 



Testacea, nigro varia ; abdominis dorsum nigrum ; pedes nigro 

 varii, tibiis anticis nigris ; alcB anticce JlavcB, disco piceo ma- 

 culatcE ; alcB posticcefuscce. 



Testaceous, slightly convex : head very short-conical, concave 

 behind, narrower than the chest ; crown striated obliquely on each 



