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Black, smooth, very shining, beset with stout hairs. Protho- 

 rax on each side globose and armed with a short stout ferruginous 

 spine ; hind part with two short erect spines at the base, beyond 

 which it is globose and trifurcate, the lateral forks very globose, 

 ending in yellow black-tipped slightly curved spines ; middle fork 

 forming a long slightly undulating spine, which is yellow from its 

 middle to its tip. Legs yellow ; hind femora black ; hind tibia? 

 black at the base. Fore wings lurid, brown towards the base, 

 excepting the hind border and two small spots. Hind wino-s 

 grayish. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Tejuca, Province of Rio. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet 

 Clark. 



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Cyphonia guttipes. 



Testacea, nitens, snbleevis, vix pubescens ; prothorax antice laieri- 

 btts globosis et urrispinosis, postice biglobosus, spina apicali 

 tonga subarcuata ; tibice gutta basali apiceque nigris ; alee 

 vitreee; anticcc ex parte luridce, venis subcostalibus nigro 

 binotatis. 



Testaceous, shining, almost smooth, hardly pubescent. Pro- 

 thorax on each side globose and armed with a short horizontal and 

 directly diverging spine; beyond this there are two globose parts in 

 succession, and a small pale yellow compartment on each side, the 

 second globose part is armed with a long slightly curved apical 

 spine. Tibia; with a black dot near each base and with black tips 

 Wings vitreous. Fore wings with a lurid tinge about some of the 

 veins in the disk, and with two black marks on the veins bv 

 the costa. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 

 a. Napo River, S. America. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus COMBOPHORA, Cat. Horn. p. 598. 



COMBOPHORA DISCONTINUE. ' 



Pallide testacea ; caput nigro quadrivittatum ; prothorax lituris 

 aut annulis variis nigris, postice globosum truncatum et. 

 trispinosum, laleribus anticis impressis ; alee vilrece, venis 

 pallide tesiaceis ; anticee costa basali nigra. 



Pale testaceous. Head with four black stripes. Prothorax 

 with various black marks, some of which form more or less complete 



