25 G CATALOGUE OF 



Tlie obtuse spines df tliis species distingiiisli it from M. Ypsilon and 

 from M. spiculif/era. The spines are railier more pvominenl iban those of 

 M. croceipe, and llie colour of ihe body lienealb is different. 



a. Constancia. Presented liy J. Gray, Esq. 



b, Petropolis. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



Var. j8. — Body above wbolly bbick. 



c. Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



Var. y. — Like Far. j8. Abdomen beneath with two black stripes. 



d, Tejuca. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



25. MORMIDEA DECORA. 



Cyanea, scile piinrlala ; caput riifuni apice nigrum, .lubtiii flixvum, lobo 

 medio lobos laleralea paullo siiperante ; rostrum nigrum; llioracis 

 spina exlensce, acutce; pectus pallide Jldviim, cyaneo tessellalum ; 

 venter vitta lata interriipta margineque pallide Jiavis ; pedes 7iiyri, 

 femoribus fiavis nigro unifascialis. 



Blue, oval, finely piinclured. Head red, black at the tip and on each 

 side in front; middle lobe exlendin^j a lilile beyond the lateral lobes; 

 under side pale yellow. Ruslriim black, extending to the hind coxae. 

 Thorax with a transverse callus on each side in front; spines prominent, 

 acute, horizontal, directly diverging. Pectus pale yellow, with twelve 

 quadrate blue spots. Abdomen beneath wiih a pale yellow border and 

 with a broad interrupted pale yellow stripe. Lej^s black ; coxte and femora 

 pale yellow, the latter with a black baud near the tip. Fore wings with a 

 brown membrane. Length of the body 3^ lines. 



a. Effa. From Mr. Bales' collection. 



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26. MORMIDEA BREVI3. 



Fulva, lata, denae punctata, fnsro nut nigra cunxpersa, ^ubtns pallide Jlava ; 

 thoracis spince lungce,robiisl(e, acuta, vi.v ascendentes ; sculcllnm apice 

 Jlavo paliido marginatum ; pedes graciles, nigra conspersi ; al(e antica 

 fusco subnebulusie. 



Tawny, oval, broad, short, thickly punctured ; punctures brown or 

 black; under side and legs pale yellow. Head conical; lobes of equal 

 length. Rostrum extending; to the hind coxre. Spines of the thorax long, 

 stout, acuie, hardly ascending. Scnteilum bordered with pale yellow at 

 the tip. Legs slender, spotted with black. Fore wings sli<ihtly clouded 

 with brown ; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 8 lines. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bales' collection. 



27. MORMIDEA CONCOLOR. 



Pallide viridis, lota, scite punctata ; caput breviusculum, feslaceo varlum, 

 lobis lateralibus lobnm medium rix superunlibus ; thoracis spinm 

 longte, rnbustce, aculic, vix ascendenlc:, npice nigra, fascia subapicnli 

 testaiea ; scutellum apice rotundutum ; pedes pallide testacei, rubusli, 

 bnwes. 



