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Testaceous, broad, stout, black beneath. Head short, obtuse 
in front; vertex with two black spots, which are connected hind- 
ward ; front flat, with slight transverse furrows on each side and 
with two lanceolate black spots, which are connected by a short 
band ; face black. Thorax with two black marks in front; scutel- 
lum black along the base and with a black tip. Abdomen black, 
pale yellow along each side and at the tip. Legs pale yellow; 
femora towards the base, tarsi and tips of the tibie black. Fore 
wings with a black dot on the exterior part of the hind border, and 
with a subapical black streak, which extends across two-thirds of the 
breadth from the costa. Hind wings grayish vitreous. Length of 
the body 34 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Petropolis, Province of Rio. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 
AULACIZES OBTUSA. 
Testacea, sal lata ; caput disco nigro subewcavato, antice obtusum 
stvigis duabus lateralibus vittaque media connexis nigris, 
fascia anteriore nigra ; thorax lituris duabus anticis furcatis 
margineque postico nigris; scutellum nigrum, apice testa- 
ceum; pectus nigro binotatum ; abdominis segmenta nigro 
marginata ; ale antice lituris quinque albis ; postice cinereo- 
vitree. ; 
Testaceous, rather broad. Head black, and slightly excavated 
on the disk of the vertex, obtuse in front, where there are two slender 
black streaks connected with a broad middle stripe, which does not 
extend to the vertex, but is dilated into a band on the face. Tho- 
yax with a black forked mark on each side in front, and with 
a black hind border; scutellum black, testaceous at the tip. Pee- 
tus with a black mark on each side. Abdominal segments with 
black bands on the hind borders. Fore wing's with five white marks 
of various size and shape. Hind wings grayish vitreous. Length 
of the body 34 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 
AULACIZES OBLIQUA. 
Picea, subtus testacea ; caput brevi-conicum, subexcavatum, frontis 
disco depresso, carina media marginibusque subelevatis, fascia 
antica nigra ; thoraw testaceo punctatus, guttis tribus anticis 
fasciaque postica testaceis; ale antice guttis nonnullis tes- 
taceis ; postice nigricantes. 
