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8. Hypselonotus LINEATCS. 

 lineatus, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxiii, 297. 

 a. Orizaba. From M. Salle's colection. 

 h. Vera Cruz. From M. Salle's collection. 



9. Hypselonotus punctiventius. 

 punctiventris, Slal, Stell. Ent. Zeit. xxiii. 297. 

 Mexico. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Para. From Mr. Hewitson's collection. 



c. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



d. Demerara. 



10. Hypselonotus thoracicus. 

 Ihoracicus, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 3tne Set: ii. 581. 

 Juriraaguas, Peru. 



II. Hypselonotus minax. 

 Foem. Fulvus, sjibtus testaceus ; rostrum se(/meniorum '2tim ventrale 

 altingens ,■ antennce corpore breviores, articulis '2o 3oque npice nigris ; 

 prothorax linca longiludinali paUidiore angidu posticis peracutis 

 valde pruminulis ; pedes nigra conspcrsi, femoribus apices versus 

 subtus denticulalis ; alee anticce rvfescentes, membrana fusca. 

 Female. Tawny, testaceous beneath. Rostrum extending to the fore 

 border of the second ventral segment; fourth joint much longer than the 

 tliird ; tip black. Antennae shorter than the body; second and third joints 

 wilh black lips; second much longer than the first; third as long as the 

 first. Prothorax finely scabrous, with a paler longitudinal line and with a 

 transverse furrow near the fore border; hind angles very acute and promi- 

 nent. Legs slender; femora and tibiae black-speckled ; femora minutely 

 dentate beneath towards the tips. Fore wings reddish; membrane brown. 

 Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. Brazil, Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



12. Hypselonotus luteiceps. 

 Mas. Luleus ; rostrum coxas posticus atiingens ; antemice nigrcr, corpore 

 mullo breviores, articulis 2o 3oque bitsi luteis, Ao luteo bust aqiceque 

 nigra ; prothorax niger, angulis posticis oblusis non promimt/is ; 

 pedes nigri, femoribus subtus dentatis ; alie anticcB nig rce, fascia lulea 

 angusta dentata. 



Male. Luteous. Rdstrum extending to the hind coxrc. Antennae 

 black, much shorter than the body; second and third joints luteous at the 

 base; second a little shorter than the first; third as long as the first; 

 fourth luteous, black at the base and at the lip, as long as the third. 



