6 CATALOGUE OF 



9. Spartocera TRILINEATA. 

 trilineata, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. i. 56. 

 Moyabamba, Peru. 



10. Spartocera scclpta. 

 Coreus sculptus, Perly, Del. An. Artie. Braz. 169, pi. 33, f. 16. 

 Minas Geraes. 



11. Spartocera Chilensis. 



Fcem. Rufa; vertex et prothorax antice nigri, antenna nigra, corporis 

 dimidio breviores ; prothoracis anguli postici subdilatati vix obl.usi ; 

 abdominis lalera niyro tnaculala ; venter et pedes nigri, iliius lalera 

 rufo maculata ; alee anticce tnembrana nigra. 



Female. Red. Vertex and fore part of the prothorax black. Rostrum 

 black towards the tip, extending beyound the fore coxae. Antennae black, 

 less than half the length of the bociy ; joints from the first to the third 

 successively decreasing in length ; fourth as long as the second. Prothorax 

 minutely scabrous, with two slight transverse ridges, the first in the middle 

 and slightly curved, the second near the hind border; hind part slightly 

 dilated and forming a hardly obtuse angle on each side. Abdomen 

 elliptical, with black spots along each side, where it extends rather beyond 

 the fore wings; under side black, with red spots along each side. Legs 

 and membrane of the fore wings black. Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. Chili. 



12. Spartocera lampvroides. 



Mas. Nigra, subtus lutea ; prothorax vittis duabus luteis antice arcuatis 

 et connexis postice latescentibus ; pectus nigro octonotatum ; venter 

 vittis duabus lattissimis valde excavatis maculisque laleralibus nigris ; 

 corium lulcum. Fcem. — Corii costa nigro strigata. 



Male. Black. Head luteous beneath. Prothorax with two luteous 

 stripes, which are bent and uuited near the fore border, and which widen 

 from thence to the hind border. Propectus luteous, with a short broad 

 oblique black streak on each side. Mesopectus and metapectus luteous, 

 with three black patches on each side, the anterior patch extending to the 

 fore coxa. Abdomen beneath luteous, with two very broad much excavated 

 black stripes, with two rows of marginal black spots, and with a black tip. 

 Fore wings with a luteous corium. Length of the body 9£ lines. 



Female. Mesopectus and metapectus with the patches united od 

 each side. Abdomen beneath with the stripes more excavated than those 

 of the male ; tip with four lobes. Fore wings with a black streak along the 

 costa of the corium, this streak attenuated towards the base. Length of 

 the body 10^ lines. 



The black sides of the prothorax distinguish it from S. dorsalis. 



a, b. Oajaca. From M. Salle's collection. 



