CATALOGUE OF 



4. SePHINA FORMOSA. 



Spartocera formosa, C. H. 372. 



a, b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Var. jS. — Minor ; alee anlicce liiteo qiiadrimaculaiic. 

 c. Columbia. From M. Goudot's collection. 



6. Sephina maculata. 

 Spartocera maculata, C. //. 372. 

 a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



6. Skphina pubera. 

 Sp. (Sephina) pubera, Erichs. Schomb. Reise Guiana, iii. 611. 

 British Guiana. 



7, Sephina atra. 

 Mas. Atra; venter macttiis lateralibu.t maculisque quinque discalibus 

 rufis ; alee posticce basi rufte. 

 Male. Deep black, in structure like S. pustulata. Abdomen beneath 

 with red spots alonp; each side; tiist, second and third segments with a red 

 spot in the disk; filth segment with a red spot on each side of the disk. 

 Hind wings red towards the base. Length of the body 9 lines. 

 a. Mexico. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 3. SPARTOCERA, C. H. 371. 



A. Hind angles of the prothorax not truncated. 



a. Prothorax luteous, with a very large black spot. - dorsalis. 



b. Prothorax black, with two luleous stripes. - - lampyroides. 



c. Prothorax tawny or brown, or black. 



* Abdomen with the marginal spots well defined. 



f Body broad. . - - - . alternata. 



If Body hardly broad. .... Chilensis. 



** Abdomen with the marginal spots not well defined, or none. 



f Body broad. 



I Colour tawny. 



§ Abdomen with marginal spots. 

 X Scutullum not blackish brown. - - - fusca. 



XX Scutellum blackish brown. - - - - costicollis. 



§§ Abdomen without marginal spots. 



X Angles of the prutborax not ])romincnt. - - cinnamomea. 



XX Angles of the prothorax prominent. - - - quadricollis. 



Jl Colour brown or black. - - - t;igas, Batatas, 



ft Body hardly broad. ... - dubia. 



B. Hind angles of the prothorax truncated. 



a. Hind angles more angular. - - - sculpta. 



b. Hind angles less angular. - - - . trilineata. 



