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Carineta centralis^ sp. n. 



Body above castaneous aiul pilose; head with tlie eyes, a 

 central spot to front, apical margins of vertex, and a S|)Ot at 

 base greenish ochraceous. Pronotum with the margins, a 

 central fascia bifurcate posteriorly, and with some ovate 

 discal markings, greenish ochraceous. Mesonotum with two 

 central obconical spots, beneath and bounding which is a 

 large triangulated spot, the lateral margins and basal cruci- 

 form elevation, greenish ochraceous. Abdomen with three 

 longitudinal greenish-ochraceous fascia?, one central and two 

 lateral. Head beneath, sternum, and legs ochraceous, body 

 beneath dark castaneous ; apices of rostrum and tarsi pitchy. 



Tegmina and wings pale smoky hyaline ; the venation 

 brownish ochraceous ; tegmina with two indistinct fuscous 

 longitudinal streaks in each apical area, and a marginal series 

 of fuscous linear spots. Wings \\\{\\ a central fuscous spot 

 near end of radial area, the apical margin and inner basal 

 margin of anal area infuscated, and an outer marginal series 

 of fuscous linear spots. 



Long., excl. tegm., (^21 millim. ; exp. tegm. 65 millim. 



Hob. Ecuador. 



Apart from other characters this s])ecie3 may be recognized 

 by the central fuscous spot to the wings, wiiich^ with the 

 fasciated abdomen, allies it to C irivittata, Walk., from 

 which, however, it differs by its larger size, absence of dark 

 spots to tegmina, the more produced and conical frontal portion 

 of head, uniformly narrow central sulcatlon to face, &c. 



Carineta maiura, sp. n. 



^ . Body and legs warm dull ochraceous. Head with 

 the basal margin and area of the ocelli black, the front with 

 two marginal blackish streaks. Pronotum with a narrow, 

 dark, central, longitudinal line, on each side of which is an 

 obliquely curved and dentate black line, a short black streak 

 near each lateral margin, and lateral and inner basal margins 

 also black. Mesonotum with two central black-bordered 

 obconical spots on anterior margin, on each side of which is 

 a longer and more acute spot, a waved and pointed spot in 

 front of the cruciform elevation, and a short black basal 

 streak on each side of the same. Abdomen above and beneath 

 with the lateral margins strongly and palely pilose. Beneath 

 the anterior and intermediate coxte are spotted with pale 

 fuscous, and the abdomen is marked with a central longitu- 

 dinal fascia of the same colour. 



