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the yellow vitta replaced by a few yellow dots. Length 0-25. 

 On oaks. No. 678, male; 678 (bis) female. 



CERESA. Amy. and Serv. 

 Two-horsed Cbrksa, C. c?^ceros, (Say.) App. to Long's Exp,, p. 299. 

 Occurs like the following, on various trees and shrubs. No. 

 679, female. 



Buffalo Cbresa, C. bubalus, (Fab.) Ent. Syst., iv. 14. No. 680, 

 male; 681, female. 



Var. a. Sides of the thorax mottled with fuscous. No. 682. 

 b. Under side black-brown. No. 683. 



24*TELAMONA. 



(From Telarnon.es, a synonym of Atlantes, in allusion to the enor- 

 mous backs of these insects.) Humeral angles projecting, pointed and 

 ear-like: dorsum compressed-foliaceous, the keel abruptly elevated at 

 one or both its ends, forming a somewhat square crest or foliole: thorax 

 nearly or quite reaching the tips of the elytra, with elevated longitudi- 

 nal lines on each side: apical cellule triangular, its end rounded. The 

 squarish dorsal crest forms a marked distinction between the genus 

 here proposed, and that of Thelia, to which it is most nearly related. 



'^ Onk-colobed Telamona, *T. unicolor. Yellow, immaculate, 

 apex of the thorax tinged with fuscous; summit and angles 

 of the crest rounded. Length 0-45, height 0"25. No. 684, 

 female. 



Banded Telamona, *7! fasciata. Yellow; thorax anteriorly and at 

 its apex, and an oblique band crossing the posterior part of 

 the crest fuscous; head and anterior margin of the thorax 

 yellow, with numerous black punctures and a black dot above 

 each eye; crest longer at its base than above, anterior end 

 more concave than the posterior, angles rounded. Length 

 0-38, height 0-20. Found on walnut trees. No. 685, female. 



Hollo w-CBESTKD Telamona, *7! concava. Brown; a large spot on 

 each side and a transverse band behind the crest, yellow, with 

 sinuous black margins, the spot traversed by an interrupted 



