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membrane black. Body very slender and elongate. 
Antenne black, first and third joints subequal in length, 
a little shorter than second, fourth longest. Pronotum 
elongate, granulose, with a central raised longitudinal 
levigate line, the lateral angles faintly prominent. Scu- 
tellum coarsely and transversely striate, much longer 
than broad, the apex levigate. Corium thickly and 
finely punctate, the nervures prominent and somewhat 
fuscous. Rostrum about reaching intermediate coxe, 
the third joint longest, the apex pitchy. Posterior 
femora much incrassated, in length passing apex of 
abdomen, beneath with the basal half somewhat hollowed 
and with a double row of small spines, apical half with 
a row of six large spines arranged two singly and four in 
pairs, above more sparingly, irregularly, and less strongly 
spinous; posterior tibize compressed and spinous beneath; 
anterior and intermediate femora minutely spined 
beneath. Long. 15 mm. 
Hab. Amazons, Ega (M. de Mathan). Colls. Oberthur 
and Distant. 
This species, from the non-produced lateral angles of 
the pronotum, differs considerably from other species of 
this genus; the other structural characters, however, 
conform to those of Petalops. 
Sephina pantonima, n. s. 
Dull reddish, sparingly pilose. Antenne, pronotum with 
anterior third and two wide central longitudinal fasciz 
extending therefrom to base, scutellum, clavus basal 
angle, anterior half of costal margin, an irregular trans- 
verse fascia and apical margin (narrowly) of corium, and 
a series of large segmental quadrate spots on connexivum, 
black. Body beneath, rostrum, and legs, black; under 
side of head, lateral angles of pronotum, a large spot on 
pro- and mesosternums, two smaller ones on meta- 
sternum, a segmental marginal row of large subquadrate 
spots, two lateral spots on anal appendage, and a lateral 
series of somewhat irregular and obscure spots on each 
side of disk of abdomen, dull reddish. Membrane black, 
with the veins ochraceous. Antenne strongly pilose, 
first and second joints subequal in length, longer than 
third and fourth, which are also subequal. Pronotum 
much depressed anteriorly, very sparingly and obscurely 
TRANS. ENT. soc. 1881.—PaRT III. (SEPT.) OF 
