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11. Ptilia concinna. 



JIvLitoma concinna, Khuj, Jahrb. d. Insect, i. p. 140, n. 82, pi. ii. fig. 8 

 $1834). 



/lab. Mexico. 



1 2. Ptilia basipunctata. 



(Plate III. fig. 11.) 



Exp. al. 9 lin., long. corj>. -1_1 lin. 



Pale testaceous ; vertex, centre of metathorax (but not tl 

 scapula?, or scutclluin i. and the extremity of abdomen black al 

 antennas compressed, finely ciliated, yellow i-li al the base and blackish 

 beyond the middle. Legs testaci I the tips of the hind 



tibiae and the last three or four joints of the hind tarsi, which are 

 black. Wings hyaline, brown al the base and extremity. Fore wings 

 narrowly vitreous at the extreme base, and with two vitn t- in 



the median and submedian cells ; the stigma and adjoining portion of 

 the costa. above the vitreous part of the wing, are yellow, and the 

 vitreous portion extends along the third discoidal cell to the hind 

 margin. On the hind wings irk coloration at the base is 



uninterrupted, but ceases al the anal oei \ are ; and that on the border 

 grow.- suddenly narrower below the discoidal nervure. 



Allied to Bylotoma concinna, but i in hardlj be the female of that 

 species. 



llni'. Mexico. Honduras. 



o. V- 1 1 Londuj Mr. Dj 



13. Ptilia versicolor. 



Eylotoma versicolor, Klug, Jahrb. d. Insect, i. p. 24 



Didymia versicolor, Nort. Trans. Amer. Ent. &c. LpJ $67). 



Hab. Mexico. 



L4. Ptilia carkiata. 

 Rusobria carinata, Cameron, Trans, l'.ni. Soc. L878, p. L61. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



15. Ptilia hicolor. 

 ■ Plate ILL fig. 12.) 

 Exp. al. 6 lin., long. corp. 3 lin. 



Head above, centre of thorax in front, and abdomen black: the 

 remainder of the thorax, the scutellum, and first segment of the 

 abdomen reddish; face and legs (except the tips of hind tibiae 

 and the hind tarsi, which are black ) pal< one ; th< n b1 of the 



