b CATALOGUE OF 



9. Spartocera trilineata. 

 tiilineata, Sgnl. A. S. E. F. Ame Sir. i. 56. 

 Moyabamba, Peru. 



10. Spartoceka sculpta. 

 Coreus sculptus, Pcrty, Del. An. Arlic. Draz. 169, pi. 33, f. 16. 

 Minas Geraes. 



11. Spartoceka Chilensis. 

 Fcem. Ritfa; vertex et proihorax antice nigri, antennce nigra, corporis 



dimidio brcviores ; pro thoracis anguli postici suhdila.lati vix oblusi ; 



ahdominis latera nigro inacidala ; venter et pedes nigri, illius latera 



rufo maculata ; alec anticcc membrana nigra. 

 Female. Red. Vertex and fore part of the prothorax black. Rostrum 

 black towards the tip, extending beyound tbe fore coxa;. Antennas black, 

 less than half tbe length of the body ; joints from the first to the third 

 successively decreasing in length ; fourth as long as the second. Proihorax 

 minutely scabrous, with two slight transverse ridges, the first in the middle 

 and slightly curved, the second near the hind border; hind part slightly 

 dilated and forming a hardly obtuse angle on each side. Abdomen 

 elliptical, with black spots along each side, where it extends rather beyond 

 the fore wings; under side black, with red spots along each side. Legs 

 and membrane of the fore wings black. Length of the body 7 lines. 

 a. Chili. 



12. SpARTOrERA LAMPYROIDES. 



Mas. Nigra, suhtus lutea ; prothorax vlttis duabus luteis antice arcnatis 

 et cnnnexis postice lalescentibus ; pectus nigro octonotatum ; venter 

 vittis duabus lattissimis vatde excavatis laaculisque lateralibus nigris ; 

 corium luteum. Fcem. — Corii casta nigro strigata. 



Male. Black. Head luteous beneath. Prothorax with two luteous 

 stripes, which are bent and united near the fore border, and which widen 

 from thence to the hind border. Propectus luteous, with a short broad 

 oblique black streak on each side. i\lesopectus and metapectus luteous, 

 with three black patches on each side, the anterior patch extending to the 

 fore coxa. Abdomen beneath luteous, with two very broad much excavated 

 black stripes, with two rows of marginal black spots, and with a black tip. 

 Fore wings with a luteous corium. Length of the body 9i lines. 



Female. Mesopectus and metapectus with the patches united ou 

 each side. Abdomen beneath with the stripes more excavated than those 

 of the male ; lip with four lobes. Fore wings with a black streak along the 

 costa of the corium, this streak attenuated towards the base. Length of 

 the body 10|^ lines. 



The black sides of the prothorax disliuguish it from S. dorsalis. 



a, b. Oajaca. From M. Salle's collectiou. 



