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with brown along the border ; veins black, tawny at the base. 

 Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a, b. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 

 c. Columbia. From M.J urgens' collection. 



6 16. Ptyelus tereenus. 



Ferrugineus ; caput nigra quinqne-guttatum ; fades nigra , fnlvo 

 fasciata ; "pectus piceo maczdaturn ; abdomen nigrum, ferrugineo 

 fascialum ; pedes fulvi ; alee anticce Jlavo-fuscce, fusco oblique 

 bivittatce. 



Aphrophora terreua, Germar, MSS. 



Ferruginous, shining : head and chest flat, slightly shining, 

 thickly and minutely punctured, covered with tawny down : head 

 concave along the hind border, more convex in front, with five black 

 dots near together on the fore border, inner pair of dots larger than 

 the other three; face black, with an interrupted tawny band, flat on 

 the disk, slightly shelving on each side, which has about twelve 

 oblique, very shallow cross ridges; epistoma keeled: mouth with 

 a black tip : breast with pitchy spots : abdomen black ; hind 

 borders of the segments ferruginous : legs tawny : fore-wings yel- 

 lowish brown, with two darker brown irregular oblique streaks, 

 the second indistinct ; tips conical, almost pointed : hind-wings 

 nearly colourless, with brown tips ; veins black, pale yellow at the 

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



a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



O Var. B- Fuscus ; fades ferrugiiiea, ad discum nigra; coxae 

 postica genuaque postica fulva ; alee posticce subcinerece. 



Brown, shining: head and chest flat, punctured: head con- 

 cave along the hind border, more convex in front ; its length more 

 than one-fourth of its breadth ; face black and flat on the disk, fer- 

 ruginous and with nine curved oblique ridges on each side ; epi- 

 stoma ferruginous : mouth black, ferruginous towards tlie base: hind- 

 hips and hind-knees tawny : hind-wings slightly gray ; veins black, 

 tawny towards the base. Length of the body 3 — 3^ lines ; of the 

 wings 7 — 8 lines. 



J, c. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



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