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the lateral areas strongly transversely striate ; pronotum 

 strongly transversely striate, little more than half as long 

 as broad at base, slightly narrowing anteriorly, the lateral 

 margins moderately oblique. 



Var. — Tegmina without the transverse lines, and the sub- 

 apical marginal fascia much narrowed. 



Long., excl. tegm., 10^ mm. ; exp. tegm. 23 mm. 



Hab. Colombia (Brit. Mus.j. Bolivia; Toungas de la 

 Paz (Brit. Mus.). 



Aulacizes cleasa, sp. n. 



Vertex and pronotum pale greyish stramineous, the first 

 with a small central spot at apex and the ocelli black, the 

 latter with the basal margin, a central longitudinal fascia 

 not reaching anterior margin, and a short transverse line on 

 each side before middle dark purplish ; scutellum stra- 

 mineous ; abdomen above reddish ochraceous, its apex 

 stramineous ; body beneath and legs pale flavescent, abdomen 

 beneath dark shining stramineous ; tarsi ochraceous, the 

 claws piceous ; tegmina pale brownish testaceous, with five 

 large dark shining stramineous spots, the three smaller near 

 base, one near middle above clavus, and the fifth subapical, 

 the apical cells dull hyaline ; wings hyaline, the veins and 

 apical area pale brownish ■ vertex almost as long as breadth 

 between eyes, centrally, longitudinally, somewhat narrowly 

 impressed, its apex subtruncately rounded; face broadly, 

 centrally, longitudinally depressed, the lateral areas trans- 

 versely striate, the basal margin a little sinuate, the central 

 black spot above visible beneath ; pronotum strongly trans- 

 versely striate, moie than half as long as broad at base. 



Long., excl. tegm., 10 mm. ; exp. tegm. 21 mm. 



Hab. Bolivia (J. Steinbach, Brit. Mus.). 



Aulacizes cemilia, sp. u. 



Vertex, pronotum, and scutellum shining black ; margins 

 of eyes and three transverse spots on each lateral area of the 

 pronotum pale ochraceous or stramineous ; head beneath and 

 sternum black; legs and abdumen beneath sanguineous ; 

 apex of abdomen and anal appendage black ; rostrum ochra- 

 ceous ; tegmina pale bronzy brown, much marked and spotted 

 with pale ochraceous or stramineous, these markings are as 

 follows : — the greater part of inner claval area, above clavus 

 a marginal series of irregular spots, and a large transverse 

 spot before apex; vertex elongate, longer than breadth 

 between eyes, from a little above ocelli broadly longitudinally 



