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the base : hind-wings almost colourless ; veins tawny. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



^ 16. MONECPHORA BIFASCIA. 



Nigra ; scutellum apice fulvum ; pectus, abdomen et pedes rufa ; 

 alee antica; fuscce, basi fasciisque duahus rujis. 



Black : head and chest finely punctured : head reddish about 

 the border and beneath; face convex; keel prominent; ridges on 

 each side distinct, parallel, oblique : mouth reddish, with a black tip : 

 tip of the scutcheon tawny : breast, abdomen, and legs red ; feet 

 black towards the tips : fore-wings brown, red at the base, adorned 

 with two narrow pale red bands, one at one-lhiid, the other at two- 

 thirds of the lenoth: hind-wings pale brown; veins black, red at 

 the base. Length of the body 3— 3^ lines ; of the wings 8 — 9 

 lines. 



a, b. ? 



^ 17. MoNECPHORA VIRIDESCENS. 



Viridis ; abdomen apice rvfum; pedes rufi ; femora nigra; aim 

 antica; nigro-vlrides, Jtavo bivittatm et nnifasciatcB. 



Metallic green : head and chest very thickly punctured : head 

 above depressed on each side ; face very convex, with a slight ridge, 

 on each side of which are parallel rather indistinct slightly oblique 

 ridges : mouth red ; antennce black : abdomen at the tip and legs 

 red ; thighs black: fore-wings blackish-green, with two short curved 

 yellow stripes, which proceed from the base, and terminate before 

 half the length, the inner one extends to the fore border; a slender 

 slightly waved yellow band extends across the wing at two-thirds of 

 the length : hind-wings grayish ; veins black. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. S. America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

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18. MoNECPHORA SEMIFASCIA. 



Nigra ; scutellum et abdomen rufa, hoc subtus nigrum ; femora 

 postica apice tibiceque posticce basi rufa ; alee anticce rufo bi- 

 maculatce et unifasciatce. 



Black : head and chest shagreened, dull: head above depressed 

 on each side ; face very convex, its keel prominent, with distinct 



