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Geuus STEGASPIS, Cat. Horn. p. 634. 



Stegaspis bellicosa. > 



Ferruginea, dense punctata ; cornu dorsale crassum, erectum, brevis- 

 simwn, subcompressum, furcis duabus ditatalis obliquis acu- 

 tis ; cornu vosticum undulatum valde compressum, abdomen 

 non superans ; alee antica ferruginea, semihyalince ; postica 

 pallidiores. 



Ferruginous. Prothorax thickly punctured, forming a dorsal 

 thick very short and slightly compressed horu, which has two 

 obliquely diverging subfusiform acute branches ; the hiud horn 

 which proceeds from behind the base of these branches is undu- 

 lating and much compressed, and hardly extends to tbe tip of the 

 abdomen. Fore wings ferruginous, semihyaline. Hind wings 

 paler. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. Hamlet Clark. 



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

 Clark. 



Genus M IN A. 



Caput parvura, spinis duabus robustis obliquis lanceolatis 

 armatum. Proboscis longa, robusta. Thorax subglobosus. Meta- 

 thorax cornu compresso erecto armatum. Abdomen non elongatum. 

 Pedes longi ; postici brevissimi. Alae vitreae, deftexae ; anticae 

 areolis tribus discalibus. 



Head small, armed with two stout lanceolate diverging spines. 

 Proboscis long, stout. Thorax somewhat globose. Metathorax 

 armed with an erect compressed horn. Abdomen moderately long. 

 Legs long ; hind legs much longer than the others. Wings 

 vitreous, derlexed. Fore wings with three discal veins. 



1. MlNA A LIEN A. 



Nigra; caput antice, proboscis basi et tarsi posteriores ferruginea ; 

 ala vitrea ; anticte fasciis duabus {una lata discali), altera 

 angusta marginaii nigris, venis pallidis. 



Black. Head ferruginous in front. Proboscis ferruginous 

 towards the base. Posterior tarsi ferruginous. Wings vitreous. 

 Fore wings with a broad black band, which joins by the interior 



