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with two ferrufjinoiis bands which are black towards the fore border, 

 the first beyond the middle, the second at the tip ; veins with white 

 dots : hind-wiugs brown ; their disks gray. Length of the body 3 

 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Brazil. 



30. Btthoscopus rivulaeis. 



Ferrugineus, nigra varius ; scutum nigrum ; scutellum nigra bi- 

 maciilatum ; pectus picea varium ; abdaminis dorsum nigrum ; 

 alee anticcB albida,fusco varice ; ales posticce subcinerea;, apice 

 fusccB. 



Pale ferm?:inous, minutely mottled with black : head extremely 

 short, as broad as the chest, convex and almost semicircular in front, 

 very concave along the hind border ; its length above not more than 

 one-twelfth of its breadth : crown punctured, transversely striated, 

 rather longer on each side than in the middle ; face roughly punc- 

 tured, almost flat, slightly striated on each side : shield black, trans- 

 versely striated; scutcheon with a black spot on each side of the 

 fore border : breast ferruginous, partly pitchy : abdomen black 

 above, pale ferruginous beneath : legs fermginous : fore-wings 

 dingy white, thickly interspersed with brown, which here and there 

 forms streaks including whitish dots : hind-wings slightly gray, 

 brown towards the tips. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



a, b. Van Diemen's Land. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 

 c. New Holland. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



31. Btthoscopus feeeugineus. 



Fulvus, sat angustus, nigra varius ; abdomen nigrum, fulvo fascia- 

 turn ; alee posticcB cinerece. 



Tawny, rather narrow, tapering from the head to the tip of the 

 abdomen : head minutely punctured, very short-conical, a little 

 broader than the chest, black along the fore border, extremely con- 

 cave behind ; crown extremely short in the middle, where its length 

 is not one-twelfth of its breadth, rather broader on each side ; under- 

 side transversely striated towards the front ; face broad, almost flat: 

 shield finely striated across ; scutcheon minutely punctured, having 

 on each side of the fore border a triangular compartment, which is 

 partly smooth, partly slightly striated : breast partly black on each 

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