CATALOGUE OF 



4. SEPHINA FORMOSA. 



Spartocera formosa, C. H. 372. 



a, b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Var. (3. — Minor ; alee anticce luteo quadrimaculatts. 

 c. Columbia. From M. Gondot's collection. 



5. Sephina maculata. 

 Spartocera maculata, C. II. 372. 

 a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



6. Sephina pubera. 



Sp. (Sephina) pubera, Erichs. Schomb. Reise Guiana, iii. 611. 



British Guiana. 



7. Sephina atba. 



Mas. Atra ; venter maculis lateralibus maculisque quinque discalibus 

 rufis ; aim poslicce basi mfce. 



Male. Deep black, in structure like S. pustulata. Abdomen beneath 

 with red spots along each side; first, second and third segments with a red 

 spot in the disk; fifth segment with a red spot on each side of the disk. 

 Hind wings red towards the base. Length of the body 9 lines. 



a. Mexico. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 3. SPARTOCERA, C. H. 371. 



A. Hind angles of the prothorax not truncated. 



a. Prothorax luteous, with a very large black spot. - dorsalis. 



b. Prothorax black, with two luteous stripes. - - lampyroides. 



c. Prothorax tawny or brown, or black. 



* Abdomen with the marginal spots well defined. 



f Body broad. - alternata. 



ft Body hardly broad. - Chilensis. 



** Abdomen with the marginal spots not well defined, or none. 



f Body broad. 



I Colour tawny. 



§ Abdomen with marginal spots. 

 X Scutellum not blackish brown. - - - fusca. 



XX Scutellum blackish brown. - costicollis. 



§§ Abdomen without marginal spots. 



X Angles of the prothorax not prominent. - - cinnamomea. 



XX Angles of the prothorax prominent. - quadricollis. 



XX Colour brown or black. ... gigas, Batatas, 



ft Body hardly broad. .... dubia. 



B. Hind angles of the prothorax truncated. 



a. Hind angles more angular. ... sculpta. 



b. Hind angles less angular. - trilineata. 



