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Black, smooth, very shining', beset with stout hairs. Protho- 

 rax on each side j^lobose and armed with a short stout ferruginous 

 spine; hind part with two short erect spines at the base, bevond 

 which it is jjlobose and trifurcate, the lateral forks very globose, 

 endinsr in yellovv black-tipped slightly curved spines ; middle fork 

 forming a long slightly undulating spine, which is yellovv from its 

 middle to its tip. Legs yellow ; hind femora black ; hind tibiae 

 black at the base. Fore wings lurid, brown towards the base, 

 excepting the hind border and two small spots. Hind wings 

 grayish. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Tejuca, Province of Rio. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet 

 Clark. 



Cyphonia guttipes. 



Testacea, nitens, suhlcEvis, vix pubescens ; 'prothorax antice lateri- 

 bus glohosis et unispinosis, poslice biglobosus, spina apicali 

 longa subarcuata ; tibice gutta basali apiceque nigris ; alee 

 vitrece ; anticcc ex parte luridce, venis subcostalibus nigro 

 binotatis. 



Testaceous, shining, almost smooth, hardly pubescent. Pro- 

 thorax on each side globose and armed with* a short horizontal and 

 directly diverging spine ; beyond this there are two globose parts in 

 succession, and a small pale yellow compartment on each side, the 

 second globose part is armed with a long slightly curved apical 

 spine. Tibiae with a black dot near each base and with black tips. 

 Wings vitreous. Fore wings with a lurid tinge about some of the 

 veins in the disk, and with two black marks on the veins by 

 the costa. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Napo River, S. America. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus COMBOPHORA, Cat. Horn. p. 598. 



COMBOPHORA DISCONTINCA. 



Pallide testacea ; caput nigro qiiadrivittatum ; prothorax lituris 

 aut anvulis variis nigris^ postice globostun truncatum et 

 trispinosum, lateribus anticis impressis ; alee vitreee, venis 

 pallide iestaveis ; anticce costa basali nigra. 



Pale testaceous. Head with four black stripes. Proihorax 

 with various black marks, some of which form mure or less compleie 



