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Eeddish, testaceous beneath. Head testaceous, with a slender 

 interrupted black band. Prothorax thickly punctured, testaceous, 

 and with an impression on each side in front; keel testaceous, very 

 slitrht ; scutellum and abdomen testaceous. Legs with black bands. 

 Fore wings with a black basal streak, punctured towards the base, 

 with an irregular vitreous band before the middle, beyond which 

 they are lurid, with black-bordered veins. Hind wings slightly 

 lurid. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Colombia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



^THALION GRATUM. 



Viride, subtus alhido-testaceum ; caput lituris aniicis nigris^ linea 

 transversa lutea; prothorax luteo marginatus, vittis trihiis 

 luteis nigro marginatis ; scutellum apice et abdomen lutea ; 

 pedes nigro fasciati ; ake viirece ; anlicce bast virides punc- 

 tatcB et luteo vittatce, venis nigris ex parte testaceis. 



Green, whitish testaceous beneath. Head with some black 

 marks on the front and with a transverse luteous ridge on the 

 vertex. Prothorax with three luteous black-bordered stripes, and 

 with a luteous border; the lateral stripes diverging hindward ; scu- 

 tellum luteous towards the tip. Abdomen luteous. Tibite and 

 tarsi with black bands. Wings vitreous. Fore wings green and 

 punctured, and with a luteous stripe at the base; veins black, 

 partly testaceous. _ Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 7 

 lines. 



a. Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



^THALION HILARE. 



Nigrum^ subtus testaceum nigro varium ; caput bicornutum ; pro- 

 thorax carina^ vittis quatuor abbreviatis margineque testaceis ; 

 scutellum apice testaceum ; abdomen lateribus rufescentibus 

 nigro maculatis ; pedes testaceo fasciati ; alee obscure vitrece ; 

 anticcB rugulosce luteo marginatcB, venis nigro marginatis basi 

 luteis. 



Black, testaceous and varied with black beneath. Head tes- 

 taceous, with two very short conical horns, which are partly black. 

 Prothorax with a slight testaceous keel, with four testaceous stripes, 

 which are abbreviated hindward, and with a testaceous border; 

 scutellum testaceous at the tip. Abdomen on each side reddish, 



