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Deep black. Head acute. Proihorax with a broad bright 

 red band iii front. Scutelluin bright red along each side and 

 at the tip. Pectus and abdomen bright red, the former with a 

 black band. Hind tibise at the base and hind knees red. Fore 

 wings with two bright red linear upright bands. Hind wings 

 blackish vitreous, bright red at the base. Length of the body 3 

 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Birschell's collection. 



Sphenorhina simulans. 



Nigra ; caput fulvum, maculis duabus lateralibus gutdsque duabus 

 anticis rdgris ; prothorax fulvo luarginatus, fascia lata pal- 

 lide Jiava ; tarsi basi, genua et pedes postici fidva ; al(B 

 antic cB fas ciis duabus pallide flavis ; posticce vitrei. 



Black. Head tawny, with a black spot on each side, and with 

 two black dots in front. Prothorax with a tawny border, and with 

 a broad pale yellow band. Knees, tarsi at the base and hind legs 

 tawny. Fore wings with two pale yellow bands ; the second a little 

 narrower than the first, and slightly diverging from it hindward. 

 tflind wings vitreous. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 

 6 lines. 

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



Sphenorhina cruciata. 



Nigra; caput rufum, subacutum ; prothorax lateribus vittaque 

 brevi lata antica rufis ; tibice posticce femoraque rufa ; al(B 

 anticce basi, vitta brevi fasciaque interioribus vittisque duabus 

 ehngatis rufis; posticce cinereo-vitrece. 



Black. Head red, slightly acute. Prothorax red along each 

 side, and with a short broad red stripe in front. Femora and hind 

 tibiae red. Fore wings red at the base, whence proceeds a red 

 stripe which juins a red band at one-fourth of the length ; beyond 

 this there are two red stripes, which do not extend to the tip. Hind 

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

 10 lines. 

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



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