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11. Sphenoehina quadriguttata. 



Picea; abdomen supra rufum; pedes nigri ; tarsi ruji ; alee an- 

 ticee luteo himaculatce. 



Pitchy, shining": head with transverse furrows and three keels 

 in from : chest finely rutjulose, fore-chest slightly impressed on each 

 side in front, with an indistinct middle ridge ; abdomen red above : 

 legs black ; knees and feet bright red ; hind-shanks red towards the 

 base : fore-wings adorned with two round luteous spots at two-thirds 

 of the length ; one on the fore border, larger than the other, which 

 is near the hind border: hind-wings gray, brown at the tips and 

 along the hind borders. Length of the body 4^ — 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 — 15 lines. 



a. — Honduras. From Mr. Dvsou's collection. 



^ 12. Sphenorhina suffusa. 



Rufa ; pectus piceum ; abdomen subius nigrum ; alee anticce sub- 

 fuscce^ luteo bimaculatce et univittata. 



Red, shining : head and chest thickly punctured, slightly 

 shining : head depressed on each side of the middle keel ; face 

 slightly compressed, with a very prominent keel, having on each 

 side distinct, slightly curved ridges : tip of the mouth pitchy: chest 

 with an angular depression on each side near the fore border : breast 

 pitchy: abdomen mostly black beneath: fore-wings pale brown, 

 with a large oblong orange spot on the fore border at the base ; be- 

 neath this and a little further from the base there is an oblique 

 orange mark, and nearer the tip an interru))ted orange stripe, which 

 does not reach the hind border: hind-wings lurid; veins brown, 

 bright red at the base. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 

 13 lines. 



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^ 13. Sphenorhina notata. 



Ferruginea ; pecttis et abdomen rufa: pedes nigri; femora rufa; 

 tibiae posticce fulvce ; ala anticce subfusccB, rufa trinotatce. 



Ferruginous, shining : head and chest rather roughly punc- 

 tured : head depressed on the disk, pitchy on each side in front ; 



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