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reddish at the base : hind-chest, breast, abdomen and legs bright 

 red; abdomen tawny on each side at the base: fore-wings brown 

 somewhat paler towards the base, which is red, with a slightly 

 oblique, slender, orange band at two-thirds of the length : hind- 

 wings pale brown, almost colourless beneath the fore border, veins 

 brown, bright red at the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



a, b. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 

 c. Brazil. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 

 d — h. Brazil. 



^ 26. MONECPHORA BASALIS. 



Fusca^ lata ; pectus, abdomen et pedes nifa ; alee anticce fuscce 

 fvlvo bifasciatcB. 



Broad, brown, shining: head and chest very thickly punctured : 

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

 prominent keel ; cross ridges on each side very distinct, slightly 

 oblique ; epistoma and mouth red, the former compressed : chest 

 with some depressions on each side near the fore border: breast 

 hind-chest, abdomen and legs red : fore-wings brown, with two 

 slender tawny bands ; the first at one-third of the length, slio-htlv 

 interrupted; the second at two-thirds of the length, much inter- 

 rupted : hind-wings slightly brown, almost colourless towards the 

 base ; veins brown, red at the base. Length of the body 2^ lines ; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



27. MoNECPHORA NEGLECTA. 



Fusca ; abdomen testaceum ; pedes fulvi. 



Brown, slightly shining: head above and chest thickly punc- 

 tured, somewhat depressed ; face very convex, hairy ; keel ferrugi- 

 nous ; cross ridges on each side distinct, oblique ; epistoma fen'ugi- 

 nous, compressed: mouth black, testaceous towards the base : hind- 

 chest and abdomen testaceous : legs dark tawny ; tips of feet black : 

 fore-wings brown : hind-wings almost colourless, pale brown at the 

 tips and along the hind borders; veins brown, red at the base. 

 Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



