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PCECILOPTERA PAUPERA. 



Ferruginea, subtus testacea ; frons pallide viridis ; prothorax sub- 

 arcualus ; mesothorax tricarinatus ; abdomen pallide viride, 

 apicem versus supra nigricans ; alee macula subapicali albida ; 

 alee antica fusco-cinerece, basi et apud marginem interiorem 

 tuberculata, apud costam subconvexa, apice angulata?, margine 

 exteriore recto, angulo interiore bene determinate, venis venu- 

 lisque marginalibus plurimiSj venulis transversis puueis ; pos- 

 twar cinereai. 



Ferruginous, testaceous beneath. Front pale green, longer 

 than broad, with a middle keel, its borders not elevated. Prothorax 

 slightly arched. Mesothorax with three slight keels. Abdomen 

 pale green ; apical half blackish above. Wings with a whitish sub- 

 apical spot. Fore wings brownish cinereous, tuberculate at the 

 base and along part of the interior border, slightly convex along the 

 costa ; exterior border straight, forming a right angle with the costa 

 and another with the interior border ; veins and marginal veinlets 

 numerous; transverse veinlets few. Hind wings cinereous. Length 

 of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 4^ lines. 



a St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



PCECILOPTERA INSTANS. 



Testacea; arista longa; prothorax brevis ; mesothorax tricarina- 

 tus ; aim vilrea ; antica apud costam convexa, apice et angulo 

 interiore rotundaiis, venis plurimis pallide viridibus, venulis 

 transversis nigris paucis ; postiea? venis paucis. 



Testaceous. Vertex about twice broader than long, slightly 

 concave in the disk ; front very much longer than broad, with a keel 

 and with elevated borders. Arista long. Prothorax short. Meso- 

 thorax with three keels. Wings vitreous. Fore wings convex 

 along the costa; tip and interior angle much rounded ; veins pale 

 green, numerous ; transverse veinlets black, irregular, not nume- 

 rous. Hind wings with few veins. Length of the body 2^ lines; 

 of the wings 6 lines. 



This species recedes very much from the typical form of 

 Pceciloptera. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



