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30. PoiOCERA BASISTELLA, Fcm. 



Viridi-ferruginea; metathorax piceus ; abdomen piceum ; suhtus 

 fulinim, apice luteum ; pedes fulvi^ viridi et fusco varii ; alee 

 antic(B fusca^ flavu maculaice, hasi et ad costam virides ; alee 

 posticcB nigro-fusca;. 



Body ferruginous, slightly shining, finely rugulose, tinged with 

 dull dark green : head much narrower than the chest : its breadth 

 more than twice its length : crown short, slightly curved, surrounded 

 by a ridge ; Iront flat, very rugulose, with three ridges, the side pair 

 curved and oblique ; epistoma slightly keeled : mouth tawny, extend- 

 ing far beyond the hind-hips: fore-chest widened in front, angular 

 on each side, with a short ridge along the middle : scutcheon of the 

 middle-chest bordered with a slight ridge, which is most distinct on 

 each side of the angle at the tip ; three ridges on the disk, the side 

 pair curved : hind-chest pitchy : abdomen pitchy, nearly linear, 

 tawny beneath, luteous towards the tip, a little broader but hardly 

 longer than the chest : legs tawny, furrowed, tinged with green and 

 brown ; feet mostly brown ; hind-shanks armed with spines : fore- 

 wings dark brown, green at the base and along two-thirds of the 

 fore border, adorned in the disk with yellow dots, and towards the 

 base with yellow spots which are partly confluent : veins lawny, 

 green or yellow where the wings are so coloured, white in the disk 

 beyond the middle : hind-wings dark brown, blackish-brown towards 

 the base ; veins black Length of the body 6 — 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 20 — 23 lines. 



a, h. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection, 

 c, d. ? 



31. PoiocERA DivisA, Mas. 



Fulva, nigro maculata et fasciata ; metathuracis latera rufa ; abdo- 

 men rufum, maculis nigris quadvittatiim, subtiis Jiavum ; pedes 

 Jtavi nigro vittati ; alee Hmpida, basi rufce^ apice subfiiscce^alce 

 antica nigra fuse iatce. 



Body tawny, finely rugulose ; head much narrower than the chest ; 

 crown very short, somewhat concave, surrounded by a ridge, with a 

 narrow black band in its disk ; face adorned with a black band be- 

 tween the eyes and with many black spots, and having three longi- 

 tudinal ridges, of which the side pair converge slightly towards the 

 fore border ; the latter is somewhat concave ; a black band on the 

 distinct suture between the face and the epistoma, the latter has two 

 irregular brown stripes ; mouth tawny ; extending a little beyond 



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