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CATALOGUE OF 



with an acute erect spine. Hind femora with minute spines on the two 

 lower keels ; hind tibise with black-tipped spines, which are twice longer 

 on the inner side than on the outer. Wings rather short, rounded at the 

 tips. Fore wings with a white stripe along the hind border and with a 

 bright yellow black-bordered spot in the disk very near the base. Hind 

 wings rather shorter, bright orange-red, with green tips and with a pellucid 

 stripe near the costa. Length of the body 14 lines; expansion of the fore 

 wings 23 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



16. XlPHOCERA SPOLIATA. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput el prothorax viridi bivittata ; caput antice coni- 

 cum ; antenna setacece, apices versus picece ; prothorax aspere punc- 

 latus, subtricarinatus, maryine antico subrotundato subinciso, mar' 

 gine postico producto acuto ; femora postica subtus biseriatim 

 spinulosa ; ala antica virides, apice rotundahe, villa postica testacea 

 lanceolata ; alee posticee ochracece, apice nigricanles. 



Male. Testaceous, rather slender. Head and prothorax with two 

 green stripes. Head smooih, conical in front of the eyes ; front with four 

 keels, the inner pair approximate and nearly parallel. Eyes elliptical, 

 transverse, prominent. Antenna flat, slender, tapering, piceous towards 

 the tips, longer than the prothorax. Prothorax roughly punctured, with 

 three slight keels; fore border slightly rounded, notched in the middle; 

 hind part elongated, acutely angular. Proslernum with an acute erect 

 spine. Hind femora with minute spines on the two lower keels; hind tibia? 

 with black-tipped spines, those on the inner side more than twice the length 

 of those on the outer side. Wings rounded at the tips. Fore wings green, 

 with a testaceous tapering stripe along the hind border. Hind wings 

 rather shorter, ochraceous, blackish at the tips and along the adjoining part 

 of ihe hind border. Length of the body 15 lines; expansion of the lore 

 wings 32 lines. 



The more acute tip of the prothorax, the longer spines of the hind 

 tibia3 and the longer wings distinguish this species from the preceding 

 one. 



a. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



17. XlPHOCERA PLAGIATA. 



Fcem. Nigricans, subtus ferruginea ; caput subscabrum, antice conicum 

 el sitlcalnm, subtus flavo quadriplayiaturn ; antenna picete, setacece ; 

 prothorax scaber, subtricarin'itus, vittis quatnor fluvis latis obliquis, 

 mnrgine postico producto acuto ; pedes quatuor anteriores ferruyinei, 

 tibiis xubtus biseriatim spinulosis^ femoribus posticis subtus denticu- 

 latis ; alee anticce villa costali lala viridi. 



Female. Blackish, ferruginous beneath. Head very slightly scabrous, 

 conical and furrowed in front of the eyes; four yellow patches, two on the 

 front and one on each side ; front with four keels, of which the inner pair 

 are approximate and parallel and more distinct than the outer pair. Eyes 

 ferruginous, transverse, prominent, elongate-elliptical. Antennae piceous, 



