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N»J) MONECPHORA POSTICA. 



Nigricante-viridis ; caput subtus, pectoris discus et pedes nigra ; 

 abdomen et pedes postici rufa ; alee anticce nigricante-cyanea, 

 apice fuscescentes, marginis postici dimidio et fasciis duabus 

 rufis ; postica cinereo-vitrece. 



Blackish green. Head beneath, disk of the pectus aud legs 

 black. Abdomen and hind legs, excepting the tarsi, red. Fore 

 wings blackish blue, brownish at the tips, red along half the length 

 of the interior border, and with two red bands, which are broadest 

 towards the costa, the interior band slightly curved and oblique, 

 the exterior one straight. Hind wings grayish vitreous. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



MONECPHORA INCLUDENS. 



Nigra ; proboscis, pectus et pedes testacea ; tarsi apice nigri ; 

 thorax fascia antica scutelloque pallide Jtavis ; alee antica 

 apud cost.arn fuscescentes, vitta postica maculisque duabus 

 pallide Ji avis ; postica cinereo-vitrece. 



Black. Proboscis, pectus and legs testaceous. Tarsi with 

 black tips. Prothorax with a broad pale yellow band in front. 

 Scutellum pale yellow. Fore wings brownish along the costa, and 

 with a pale yellow stripe, which extends along more than two-thirds 

 of the hind border; two pale yellow spots in the disk, the interior 

 one elongated, the other almost round. Hind wings grayish 

 vitreous. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Colombia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



MONECPHORA SOLIGENA. 



Late crocea ; oculi, antenna, tarsi, tibia apice et femora anteriora 

 apice atra; alee anticce fascia atra, apud medium subvitrece ; 

 postica vitrea. 



Bright saffron-colour. Eyes, antennae, tarsi, tips of the tibiae 

 and tips of the anterior femora deep black. Fore wings with a 

 deep black interior band, adjoining which they are almost colourless, 

 and the saffron hue beyond is not so bright as that between the 



