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Prothorax black, very finely scabrous ; hind angles obtuse, not prominent. 

 Legs black; femora dentate beneath. Fore wi ,gs black, with a narrow 

 dentate luteous band. Length of the body 6^—7 lines. 



a. Amazon Region. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 h. Tunantins. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



13. Hypselonotcs maeginaljs. 



Fcem. Piceus, subtus testaceus ; caput teslaceum ; rostrum breve ; antenna; 

 fusca ; prothorax margine antico lineaque longitudinali testaceis, 

 angulifs posticis nigris prominulis peracutis ; scutellum rufum, apice 

 pallide teslaceum; pectus nigra bistrigatum ; connexivum fiavo 

 maculaturn ; venter e guttis nigris quadrivittatum ; pedes nigro 

 conspersi, femoribus posticis subtus apices versus spinosis ; alee antica 

 testaceo unistrigata. 

 Female. Piceous, testaceous beneath. Head testaceous. Rostrum 

 short; fourth joint a little longer than tbe third. Antennas brown. Pro- 

 thorax very finely scabrous, testaceous towards the lore border and with a 

 testaceous longitudinal line; hind angles forming two black acute promi- 

 nent spines. Scutellum red ; tip pale testaceous. Pectus with two black 

 streaks between the fore legs and middle legs. Abdomen with yellow spots 

 along each side. Ventral segments with four rows of black clots ; two of 

 the outer dots on each side elongated. Femora and tibiae black-speckled; 

 hind femora with spines beneath towards the tips. Fore wings with a 

 testaceous streak along the exterior border. Length of the body 5£ lines. 



a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



14. HVPSELONOTTJS LAXCEOLATUS. 



Mas. Luteus, subtus flavus; caput nigro bivittalum ; rostrum coxas 

 posticas atlingens ; antenna? nigra:, corpore breviores; prothorax 

 vittis sex margineque postico nigris, angulis posticis obtusis non 

 prominulis ; pedes nigro annulali, femoribus subtus subsetulosis ; ata; 

 anlica niyra, luteo veno'sa. 

 Male. Luteous, yellow beneath. Head with two black stripes. 

 Rostrum extending to the hind coxas. Antenna? black, shorter than the 

 body; second joint much longer than the first; third a little longer than 

 the "first. Prothorax black about the hind border and with six black 

 stripes; the two inner stripes on each side lanceolate, united in front; hind 

 angles 'obtuse, not prominent. Legs with numerous black rings; femora 

 minutely setulose beneath. Fore wings black ; veins of the corium luteous. 

 Length of the body o£ liues. 

 a. Cuenca. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



15. Hypselonotus ventraus. 



Mas. Testaceus; rostrum coxas anticas super ans ; antenna: corpore 

 multo breviores; prothorax antice callosus, angulis posticis obtusis 

 non prominulis, margine postico viridesccnte ; scutellum viride ; 



