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the base : hind-wings almost colourless ; veins tawny. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



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



16. MONECFHORA BIFASCIA. 



Nigra ; scutellum apice fulvnm ; pectus, abdomen et pedes rufa ; 

 aim anticcc fuscw, basi fasciisque dnabus rufis. 

 Black : head and chest finely punctured : head reddish about 

 the border and beneath; face convex; keel prominent; ridges on 

 each side distinct, parallel, oblique : mouth reddish, with a black tip •, 

 tip of the scutcheon tawny : breast, abdomen, and legs red ; feet 

 black towards the tips : fore-wings brown, red at the base, adorned 

 with two narrow pale red bands, one at one-third, the other at two- 

 thirds of the lenjilh: hind-wings pale brown; veins black, red at 

 the base. Length of the body 3— 3i lines ; of the wings 8 — 9 

 lines. 



a, b. ? 



17. MoNECPHORA VIBIDKSCENS. 



Viridis ; abdomen apice rufum ; pedes rufi ; femora nigra ; alee 

 anlicte nigru-oirides, Jlavo bivittatai et unifasciatce. 

 Metallic green : head and chest very thickly punctured : head 

 above depressed on each side; face very convex, with a slight ridge, 

 on each side of which are parallel rather indistinct slightfy oblique 

 ridges : mouth red ; antennse black : abdomen at the tip and legs 

 red ; thighs black : fore-wings blackish-green, with two short curved 

 yellow stripes, which proceed from the base, and terminate before 

 half the length, the inner one extends to the fore border ; a slender 

 slightly waved yellow baud extends across the wing at two-thirds of 

 the length : hind-wings grayish ; veins black. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. S. America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



18. MoNECPHORA SElWrFASOIA. 



Nigra ; scutellum et abdomen rufa, hoc subius nigrum ; femora 

 postica apice tibiaque posticce basi rufa ; al<e antic<B rufo bi- 

 maculatai et unifasciatce. 



Black: head and chest shagreened, dull: head above depressed 

 on each side ; face very convex, its keel prominent, with distinct 



