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Esp. Schmett. iii. p. 330, pi. 66, figs. 1-5 (1786) ; Marsh 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. i. p. 71, pi. i. fig. 2 (1791) 

 Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ii. figs. 155, 156 (1804?). Euprepial. 

 Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 358 (1810). Chelonia L, Godt 

 Lep. France, iv. p. 358, pi. 37, fig. 3 (1822). Spilo 

 soma L, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 77 (1828). 



Phalcena lepus, p., Eetz. Gen. Spec. Ins. p. 37, n. 47 (1783). 



Var. a. Noctua zatima, Stoll. Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 381, fig. f 

 (1781). Spil. (?) z., Mill. Ann. Soc. L. Lyon (2), xi. 

 p. 26, pi. 49, fig. 5-7 (1864). 



Bomb, radiatits, Haw. Ent. Trans, i. p. 336 (1812). Sjrilos. 

 radiata, Steph. 1. c. p. 77 (1828); Westw. and Humph. 

 Brit. Moths, i. pp. 88, 92, pi. 18, fig. 19 (1843). 



Var. b. Spilos. z. var. deschangei, Dep. Ann. Soc. Ent. France 

 (6), vi. p. 283, pi. 4, fig. 4 (1886). 



Note. — All the species referred to above under the heading 

 Bombyces are included by Meyrick in the family Arctiadae of his 

 division Caradrinina. 



(To be continued.) 



DESCRIPTIONS OF EIGHT NEW SPECIES OF SOUTH 



AMERICAN CHRYSOMELID^. 



By Martin Jacoby, F.E.S. 



Lamprosphcerm igncipennis, n. sp. 



Below piceous, with more or less metallic blue or green, above 

 bright cupreous ; antenna? fulvous ; thorax remotely and finely, elytra 

 strongly and semi-regularly punctured, narrowly margined with 

 metallic blue at the sides ; tarsi piceous. Length, 4-5 mill. 



Head with a more or less distinct central groove, metallic green, 

 strongly and remotely punctured, the clypeus separated from the face 

 by distinct grooves, sparingly punctured, its anterior edge concave ; 

 labrum fulvous, stained with piceous ; palpi slender, fulvous ; an- 

 tennae nearly extending to the apex of the elytra, fulvous, the apical 

 joint piceous, the third and following joints very elongate and slender ; 

 thorax three times broader than long, the sides rounded, strongly 

 narrowed towards the apex, narrowly margined, the disc finely and 

 sparingly punctured, cupreous, the margins more or less metallic 

 blue; the scutellum cupreous, its apex pointed ; elytra with a shallow 

 transverse depression below the base, oblong-ovate, bright cupreous, 

 rather strongly punctured in semi-regular somewhat distantly placed 

 rows, the lateral margins metallic blue ; under side and legs more or 

 less dark bluish or greenish, the sides of the breast piceous ; tarsi of 

 the latter colour or fulvous ; prosternum much broader than long. 



Hab. Amazons. 



I have preserved the name given to this species by the late 

 M. Lefevre, who examined the insect. 



