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Male. Whitish testaceous, fusiform, rather thinly and roughly 

 punctured. Head reddish tawny, extending a little beyond the prothorax ; 

 a piceous band on the lore part of the vertex, fore part of the face and 

 palpi whitish testaceous. Eyes piceous, wide apart. Antennae testaceous. 

 Prolhorax a little longer than half its length, narrower in front, deflexed 

 on each side, with two black stripes which diverge from each other hindward ; 

 fore border truncated ; sides slightly rounded and reflexed, forming two 

 obtuse angles with the hind border, which is nearly straight. Cerci moderately 

 long and slender. Legs short, slender; femora and tibia? with short slender 

 spines. Wings extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore wings slightly 

 coriaceous, wholly coriaceous at the base; some of the longitudinal veins 

 forked ; transverse sectors slightly irregular ; a brown streak along the basal 

 part of the humeral trunk. Hind wings whitish hyaline. Length of the 

 body 7 lines; of the wings 17 lines. 



This species has some affinity to the genus Zetobora. 

 Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



ISCHNOPTERA? SICCA. 



Foem. Pallide cinerea, fusiformis, subtiliter punctata ; caput punctis 

 guatuor strigaque anleriore triramosa nigris ; oculi invicem sub- 

 approximati ; antenna picea ; prothorax caput fere superans, nigro 

 bistrigatus, utrinque impressus, lateribus vix angulatis ; venter nigri- 

 cante punc talus et bivittatus ; pedes breves, yraciles ; alee anticce fere 

 membranacece, nigricante mbconspersce, abdomen longe superantes. 



Female. Pale cinereous, fusiform, thickly and minutely punctured. 

 Head hardly extending to the fore border of the protborax ; four black 

 points on the front and an anterior broad black streak which emits a 

 clubbed branch on each side. Eyes black, slightly approximate to each 

 other. Antennas slender, piceous. Prothorax a little longer than half its 

 breadth, rounded aiid very slightly arched in front, impressed on each side 

 in the disk in front of two longitudinal black streaks; sides hardly 

 angular ; hind border straight. Abdomen beneath with blackish points 

 and with two irregular blackish stripes. Cerci rather short. Legs short, 

 slender ; femora with short slender spines. Wings extending much beyond 

 the abdomen. Fore wings nearly membranous, coriaceous at the base, 

 with some minute blackish speckles. Hind wings pellucid ; veins whitish. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



It may be distinguished from the other species of the genus by its 

 broader prothorax, and has some likeness to the Zetobora. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



ISCHNOPTERA? PUNCTOSA. 



Foem. Cinerea, fusiformis , subtilissime punctata ; caput testaceum,plaga 

 maculisque tribus anterioribus nigris ; oculi invicem non approxi- 

 mati ; prothorax tuberculatus, caput sat superans, antice fornicatus, 

 plaga postica nigra, lateribus fere anyulalis ; abdomen testaceum', 

 pedes breves, graciles; alee anlicce subcoriaceee,fusco guttata, abdomen 

 longe superantes ; al< posticce diaphance. 



