LIST OK iiomoptehods insects. 



12. TllIECPHOnA PnoPINQUA. 



Niffro-viridis ; pectus rufum, piceo bimuvulalum ; abdomen ru- 

 fum, apice nigrum; pedes nigri; alec antica fusca luteo 

 bifasciaUc, rufo unimacidatre et univitlala. 

 Greenish black, shining: head and chest finely punctured: 

 epistoma with distinct parallel transverse furrows on each side 

 of the keel : month red, with a black tip : antennae black : scutcheon 

 with a red rim on each side, tawny at the tip ; breast red, with a 

 large pitchy spot on each side : abdomen red, with a black tip : legs 

 black : fore-wings dark brown, with two orange bands, with a red 

 spot near the base of the fore border, and with a red stripe extending 

 from the base along the hind border to the first band, which is 

 oblique; second band upright, dividing the net-work of the wing 

 from the mcinbranoiis part : hind-wings almost colourless, pale 

 brown at the lips and along the hind border ; veins black. Length 

 of the body 2.^ lines; of the wings 7 lines. 

 0. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



13. Trji^cphoua scita. 



Nigra ; caput flavum, nigra mandatum ; thorax flavo fasciatvs ; 

 pectus rufo-fuhum; abdomen flavum rufo marginatum et 

 fasciatum, apice piceum ; pedes rttfl, tibiis anticis tarsisque 

 nigris ; ahe anticee fuscee, flavo unimactdatm, tmifasciala; et 

 univitlattr. 



Black, shining : head and chest finely punctured : head yel- 

 low, with a largo transverse siibquadrate black spot on the front; 

 epistoma with indistinct parallel transverse furrows on each side of 

 the keel, black towards the front: mouth yellow, black towards the 

 tip: antennae yellow, black towards the base: a broad yellow band 

 along the fore border of the chest : breast reddish tawny : abdomen 

 yellow, red along each side and along the hind bordeis of the seg- 

 ments, pitchy towards the tip : legs red ; tarsi, posterior tibiic to- 

 wards the tips, and fore tibiic black : fore-wings dark brown, 

 thickly punctured, with a broad short yellow stripe extending from' 

 the base along the hind border, with a yellow triangidar spot ex- 

 tending from the fore border to the disk at one-third of the length 

 and with a broad yellow upright band which divides the reticulations 

 from the membranous part : hind-wings pale brown, almost colour- 

 less beneath the fore border towards the base ; veins black. Length 

 of the body 'A\ lines; of the wings 9 lines, 

 a — c. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



