104 CATALOGUE OF 



Div. 5. 



Melanolestes, Slal. 



29. Pirates picicornis. 



Rasahus picicornis, Slal, Rio Jan. Hem. 69 — Melanolestes picicornis, 

 Slal, Ofo. K. V. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 259. 



Rio Janeiro. 



30. Pirates morio. 



Pirates morio, Erichs. Schomb. Beis. Brit. Guiana, iii. 613 — Melanolestes 

 morio, Slal, Ofv. K. V. Ak. Fork, xxiii. 259. 



British Guiana. 



Var. ? Mas. Niger, fere linearis, antice cano tomentosus ; caput 

 conicum, prothnracis lobo antico paullo brevius ; anlennarum arli- 

 cultis \us basi albus ; sculellum apicem versus spiniforme subascen- 

 dens ; segmentorum abdnminalium margines poslici albo tomentosi ; 

 connexivum albo maculalum ; femora qttaluor posteriora basi albo 

 fasciata ; alee anticce maculis duabus fasciaque intermedia arcuata 

 flavo-albis. 



Male. Black, nearly linear, thinly hairy. Head and fore lohe of the 

 prothorax with hoary tomentum. Head conical, a little shorter than the 

 fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part a little shorter than the post- 

 ocular. Antenna? pubescent, rather longer than the head and the prothorax 

 together; first joint white towards the base, a little shorter than the ante- 

 ocular part of the head; second full twice as long as the first; third a 

 little shorter than the second ; fourth rather longer than the second. Fore 

 lobe of the prothorax much longer than the hiud lobe; a stout tooth on 

 each side of the fore border. Scutellum ending in an acute obliquely 

 ascending spine. Abdomen with while spots along each side; hind borders 

 of the segments beneath with white tomentum. Legs slender; four 

 posterior femora with a white band near the base ; fore tibiae with a short 

 apical furrow beneath. Each of the fore wings with a yellowish white spot 

 near the base, with another near the tip, and with an intermediate curved 

 yellowish while band. Hind wings white. Length of the body 6 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Columbia. From M. Goudol's collection. 



Div. 6. 



31. Pirates arouiger. 



Pirates arcuiger, Stal, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxiii. 457 — Callisphodrus? arcuiger, 

 Stal, Ofo. K. V. Ak. Forh. xxiii. 258. 



New Granada. 



32. Pirates indecisus. 



Fcem. Niger; caput conicum ; antennce ferruginece, eapite el prothorace 

 ad unum paullo longiores, arliculo \o nigro ; scutelli spina fulva ; 

 connexivum albido maculutum ; pedes fulvi, femoribus nigris, tibiis 

 apice piceis ; corium basi albido unistrigalum ; membrana albido 

 unimaculata, cinereo marginata. 



