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the middle stripe is geminate or forked posteriorly; the next outer 
stripe on each side ends a little beyond the middle, while‘the outer- 
most ones are abbreviated both in front and behind. Pleurz yel- 
lowish grey, with brown spots. Abdomen with four series of more 
or less confluent, coffee-brown spots on a bluish grey ground, nar 
rowly separated by a stripe; posteriorly there are minute brown 
spots in addition. Legs black, the tip of the femora, the tibia and 
tarsi yellow, the front and middle tibia with brown rings. Wings 
tinged with brownish. Antenne reddish yellow, the third joint 
blackish above. Length 4 mm. 
Two specimens, Brazil. 
Ochthera regalis, n. sp. 
Male. Front much narrowed below, the sides concave; the large 
triangle in the middle sub-shining black, the orbits opaque, for the 
most part black. First two joints of the antennae blackish, the 
third light yellow. ace much narrowed in the middle, where the 
width is scarcely greater than the length of the antenne; in profile 
scarcely projecting beyond the eyes; longitudinally convex, with a 
low, flat tubercle in the middle, below which the color is metallic 
golden. Mesonotum in the middle with abroad purple stripe, con- 
tinuous to the tip of the scutellum, and widened at the front margin: 
on either side of the stripe a narrow, white-pollinose stripe, reach- 
ing to the angles of the scutellum and turned outward in front to 
the humeri; exterior to the white stripe are two oval spots of a 
brown color, partly separated by a triangular white spot at the sut- 
ure; lateral margins of the scutellum shining black. Pleure black, 
with an oblique, white- pollinose stripe.. Abdomen shining, some- 
what metallic, green-black. Legs black; the front tibiw and tarsi, 
save the terminal joints, yellow; the four posterior tibia, the prox- 
imal portion of the dilated hind metatarsi and the terminal joints 
of the tarsi brown or brownish yellow. Front femora much dilat- 
ed, their outer side whitish. Wings nearly hyaline. Length 5 mm. 
Female. Face not wider inthe middle than the length of the 
third antennal joint, without indication of the flattened tubercle; 
a brassy stripe in the middle, separated from the narrow whitish or- 
bits by a fine line. 
Two specimens, Rio de Janeiro. The oral opening is very small, 
and the cheeks are exceedingly narrow. 
Ochthera humilis, n. sp. 
Male, female. Front short, only a little inclined; the large ocel- 
lar triangle shining black, the orbits opaque black. Antenne dark 
