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Heteronotus LEUCOTELUS. 



Niger aut piceus ; caput alhido marginatum et univittatum ; pro- 

 thorax suhpunctatus^ alas aniicas non superans, antice bispi- 

 nosus, margine et fascia arcuata albidis, postice biglobosum 

 petiolo intermedio subundulato, spinis tribus longis apicalibus 

 lateralibus albis ; pedes ferruginei, nigra vittati ; alee luridce ; 

 anticcs nigricante marginata. 



Black or piceous. Head bordered with white and with a 

 white stripe. Prothorax very minutely punctured, extending as far 

 as the fore win^s; fore part with a white border, with a curved 

 white band in front, armed with two long acute diverging and ob- 

 liquely ascending spines ; hind part globose at the base and at the 

 tip, the intermediate part forming a short stout slightly undulating 

 petiole ; apical part with three long spines, the one beneath longer 

 than the lateral pair, which are white, except at the base. Legs 

 ferruginous; femora and fore tibiae striped with black. Wings 

 lurid. Fore wings with blackish borders. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines, 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Heteronotus stipatus. 



Fcem. — Ferrugineus ; caput testaceo bimaculatum,albo marginatum 

 et univittatum ; prothorax rude punctatus, antice bispinosus 

 vittis quinque albis nigro marcjinatis^ postice biglobosus alboque 

 bifasciatus, petiolo intermedio, spinis tribus apice albis ; pedes 

 fulvi ; alee vitrece ; anticee ex parte nigro marginatee, protho- 

 racem superantes. Mas. — Niger ; prothorax inermis ; globi 

 postici pedesque ex parte ferruginei; alee anticce nigro latis- 

 sime marginates. 



Female. — Ferruginous. Head with a white stripe and with 

 a white border, and with a testaceous spot on each side. Prothorax 

 largely punctured, not extoiding so far as the fore wings ; fore part 

 with two lateral long acute diverging and obliquely ascending 

 spines, and with five white black-bordered stripes, of which the 

 inner pair are abbreviated ; hind part globose at the base and at the 

 tip, with an intervening petiole ; each globose part with a white in- 

 terrupted band ; the apical one roughly areolated, and armed with 

 three stout white-tipped spines, of which the one beneath is much 

 longer than the lateral pair. Legs tawny. Wings vitreous. Fore 



