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113. Eprssa VENTRALIS. 
Rufo-fulva, sublus nigricans; caput subtiliter punctatum ; lateribus 
antennisque pallide tesiaceis; thorax aspere punctatus, lateribus 
transversé striatis, cornubus postice vie recurvis latitudine basali 
paullo brevioribus apice rotundatis ; pecetus callis duobus fasciisque 
tribus luteis ; abdomen apice sexspinosum, strigis transversis macu- 
lisque exterioribus rufis ventralibus ; pedes nigricantes; ale antice 
Ffulve, luteo quadrilineate. 
Reddish tawny, blackish beneath. Head finely punctured, pale tes- 
taceous along each side. © Eyes brownish. Antenne pale testaceous ; 
second joint rather longer than the third; fourth more than twice the 
length of the third. Thorax and seutellum roughly and thickly punctured. 
Thorax with the usual smooth band in front, transversely striated on each 
side; horns hardly curved backward, a little shorter than their breadth at 
the base, much rounded at the tips. Scutellum attenuated, acute. Pectus 
with a luteous callus on each side near the odorifie orifice, and with three 
irregular Iuteous bands. Abdomen beneath on each side with transverse 
red streaks, which are abruptly attenuated near the outer end, and with 
exterior red spots; hind angles of the apical segment forming two short 
spines; four intermediate spines. Legs blackish, pubescent. Fore wings 
tawny, thickly and mipvutely punctured, with four pale luteous lines; first 
line subcostal; second and third near the bind border; fourth extending 
from the disk to the outer border; membrane eneous-brown. Length of 
the body 93 lines. 
It resembles #H. sufurata, but the horns of the thorax are much 
broader near the tips, and the colour of the body beneath is quite 
different. 
a. Guatemala. From M. Scherzev’s collection. 
114. EvressA PECYTORALIS. 
Luteo-viridis, subtus pallide lutea; caput transverse striatum ; antenne 
rufe ; thorax uspere punctatus, lateribus pallide luteis transverse 
strialis, cornubus latitudine basali paullo brevioribus postice ex- 
cavatis apice nigris rotundatis ; sculellum luteo pallido marginatum ; 
peclus nigricante unifasciatum; abdomen apice bispinosum ; pedes 
rufi; ale antice ferruginee, lincis tribus lineolaque discoidali 
JSurcata pallide luteis, 
Luteous-greev, pale luteous beneath. Head transversely striated. 
Eyes piceous. Antenne red; second joint a little less or more than half 
the length of the third; fourth very much longer than the third; fifth a 
little shorter than the fourth. Thorax and scutellum roughly and rather 
thinly punctured. Thorax with a smooth transverse callus near the fore 
border; sides pale luteous, transversely striated; horns a litule shorter than 
their breadth at the base, concave along the hind side, black towards the 
tips, which are much rounded. Scutellum attenuated, acute, bordered 
with pale luteous on each side. Pectus with an irregular blackish band. 
Abdomen with the hind angles of the apical segment forming two short 
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