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ProUiorax black, very dnely scabrous ; bind angles obtuse, not prominent. 

 Letrs black; femora deulate beneatb. Fore winp;s black, vvitb a narrow 

 dentate hiteous band. Lengtb of tbe body 6^—7 lines. 



a. Amazon Region. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



b. Tunanlins. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



13. Hypselonotus marginalis. 

 Foem. Pivezis, subhis testaceus ; caput f.estaceum ; rostrum breve ; antenna 

 fusccc ; j,rothorax margins antico iineague longitudinali testaceis, 

 angulis posticis nigris prominuiis peracutis ; scutellum ruftim, apice 

 paliide testaceum ; pectus nitjro bistiigatum ; connexivum jlavo 

 maculatum ; venter e gultis nigris quadrivittatum ; pedes nigra 

 conspersi, femoribus posticis subtus apices verstis spinosis ; alee anticce 

 testaceo xinislrigala. 

 Female. Piceous, testaceous beneath. Head testaceous. Kostrum 

 sbort ; fourth joint a little longer than the third. Antennae brown. Pro- 

 thorax very finely scabrous, testaceous towards the fore border aud with a 

 testaceous longitudinal line; hind angles forming two black acute promi- 

 nent spines. Scutellum red; tip pale testaceous. Pectus with two black 

 streaks between the fore legs and middle legs. Abdomen with yellow spots 

 along each side. Ventral segments with four rows of black dots ; two of 

 tbe outer dots on each side elongated. Femora and lil)ia' black-speckled; 

 hind femora with spines beneath towards the tips. Fore wings with a 

 testaceous streak along the exterior border. Length of the body 5^ lines. 

 a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



14. Hypselonotus lanceolatus. 

 Mas. Luleus, subtus flavus ; caput nigra bivittalum ; rostrum coxas 

 posticas attingens ; antenncE nigra;, cnr/wre breviores ; prolhorax 

 vitlis sex margineque postico nigris, angulis posticis obtuais non 

 •prominuiis; pedes nigro annulali, femoribus subtus subsetulosis ; alee 

 anlic(£ nigra, luieo venoste. 

 Male. Luteous, yellow beneath. Head with two black stripes. 

 Rostrum extending to the hind coxa-. Antenna; black, shorter than the 

 body; second joint much longer than the first; third a little longer than 

 the first. Prolhorax black about the hind border and with six black 

 stripes; the two inner stripes on each side lanceolate, united in front ; hind 

 angles obtuse, not prominent. Legs with numerous black rings; femora 

 minutely setulose beneath. Fore wings black ; veins of the corium luteous. 

 Length of the body 5^ lines. 

 (J. Cuenca. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



15. Hyi'selonotis ventralis. 

 Mas. 'J] sliicriis ; rostrum coxas an/icds siij)rraus ; anlrnnct corpore 

 multii Imriin-cs; pro/borax anlire col/osus, angulis posticis obtusis 

 non prominuiis, marginc postico viridesccnie ; scutellum viridc ; 



