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3. THYRSOPHORUS SPINOL.E. 



Rufus ; antenna nigrce bast fulvae ; abdomen, tibiae tarsique nigra ,- 

 alee anticce nigro-fmcae, basi pallidiores, fasciis abbreviatis 

 apud stigma alba rufa duabusque flavis ornatce. 



Thyrsophorus Spinolse, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 318. 



Third joint of the antennae with minute, thin pubescence along 

 one half from the base, with long, thick pubescence from thence to 

 the tip : fore-wing with two discal areolets ; the first nearly twice 

 the size of the second, emitting a vein to the hind border ; the se- 

 cond also emitting a vein to the hind border, and two veins towards 

 the tip of the wing, of these the fore one ends in front of the tip of 

 the wing, and the hind one shortly forms three branches, of which 

 the fore one ends at the tip of the wing, and the middle one is 

 shortly forked. 



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



4. THYRSOPHORUS LEUCOTELUS* 



Piceus ; caput fulvum ; antennae nigrae basifulvce; thorax fulvo 

 varius ; pedes fulvi, metatarso postico albido ; alee limpidce, 

 anticce luteo albido fuscoque varice, venis nigricantibus apud 

 discum albis. 



Third joint of the antennae with more equal pubescence along 

 the whole length : fore-wing with two discal areolets ; the first very 

 much larger than the second, emitting a vein to the hind border; 

 the second also emitting a vein to the hind border, and two veins 

 towards the tip of the wing, of these the fore one ends in front of . 

 the tip of the wing, and the hind one is shortly forced, the fore 

 fork ends at the tip of the wing, the hind one is nearly parallel to 

 it and emits two branches to the hind border, one near its base, the 

 other near its tip. Pitchy : head tawny : antennae black, pubescent, 

 very much longer than the body ; first, second and third joints tawny, 

 third black towards the tip : thorax gibbous ; its sides and the borders 

 of its segments tawny : legs tawny, stout, pubescent ; hind metatarsus 

 whitish : fore-wings limpid in iront except at the base and about 

 the stigma where they are luteous, and in front of the tip where 

 they are whitish ; hind part mostly brown ; veins blackish, mostly 



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