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Male and female. Dull black, ratlier bioafl, iicavly linear. [lead 

 short, small, yellowish white beneath. Eyes ,siii,rlitly prominent, floslriun 

 exlemiini^ a little beyond the hiud eoxie ; foiiitii joint a little shorter than 

 the third. Antenna? slender, n)ore than half the lenf>th of the body; (irst 

 joint much shorter than the head ; second, third and fourth yellowish while 

 at the base ; second more than twice the length of the (irst ; third much 

 shorter tban the second; fourth a little longer than the third. Prothorax 

 and scutellum with a slight testaceous line. Prothorax with a slight 

 transverse furrow. I-.ogs black, shining, slender ; femora yellowish white 

 towards the base. Wings extending to the tip of the abdomen. Coriuni 

 of the fore wings with a testaceous costal line ; membrane deep black, 

 pellucid at the tip. Length of the body 2| — 31 lines. 



a, b. Petropolis. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 

 c. Constancia. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



69. Lyg.eus cognatus. 



FcEm. Niger; prothorax cocciiieo marginatus el nnivUlatus ; pectoris rt 

 veniris segmenta alba marginala ; venter riifiis, apiccm versus niger ; 

 alee anticce albo marginattc. 



Female. Black. Prothorax wholly bordered with crimson, and 

 having a narrow crimson stri|)e. Pectt)ral and ventral segments narrowly 

 bordered with white. Abdomen red beneath, except towards the tip. 

 Corium and membrane of the fore wings wholly and narrowly bordered 

 with white. Length of the body 4 lines. 



Nearly allied to L. pulchellus and to L. pallidocinctus. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



70. Lyceus in.equalis. 



Mas. Lxileus, capite subius rostra ante7inis prothoraeis fascia lata angu- 

 losa scutclli disco peelore prdibusqne iiigris ; caput 7naculis duabus 

 posticis lituraque anliea Irifurcata nigris ; anlennaruni artieuli 

 2us, 3us el 4iis sztb(i(jua/cs ; venter vittis tribus macidaribus apiceqxie 

 nigris ; corii slriga lata costalis macula discalis membranaque 

 nigrcE. 



turcicus, C. H. 540, 



Male. Luteous. Head witli a large black spot on the inner side of 

 each eye, and in front with a trifurcate black mark which extends hind- 

 ward; under side black. Rostrum, anlenncc, pectus, legs, three rows of 

 spots on the under side of the abdomen and tip of the latter black. 

 Rostrum extending to the hind coxce. Antcniuc setulose, shorter than the 

 body; first joint nearly half the length of the head; second, ihiril and 

 fourth nearly equal in length, each longer than the head. Prothorax 

 black, with a broad zigzag Inteoiis tiand, which extends over part of the 

 pectus. Disk of the scutellum black. Coiium of the fore wings with a 

 broad black costal streak connected with a discal spot; membrane black. 

 Length of the body 4 lines. 



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



