LIST OF UOMOP'i'EROUS INSECTS. 



6. SpHENORHINA LITUEiTA ? 



Cei'copis liturata? St. Farg. el Scrv. Enc. Mith. x. 606, 9. 



^nea ; caput anticum, pectus, abdomen et pedes nigra ; pectus rtifo 

 maculatum ; alw anticte rufo trivittatte. 



Brassy, thickly punctured : head black in front ; keel very pro- 

 minent, and forming in front an almost right angle, with transverse 

 furrows on each side ; mouth red at tlie base : breast and abdomen 

 black, the former red about the hips : oviduct red : legs black ; 

 knees and trochanters red : fore-wings black, very thickly and mi- 

 nutely punctured, covered with gilded down, adorned with three red 

 stripes ; first near the fore border, joining the second near the tip of 

 the wing ; second and third accompanying the longitudinal veins ; 

 second with a short fork near the base : hind-wiugs brown ; veins 

 black. Length of the body 5i lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Brazil. 



b. ? 



6. Sfhenobhina venosa. 



Nigra ; scutelli latera ct metathnrax picea ; abdomen basi rufescens ; 

 alai anlicai nigro-picem rufo-venosce. 



Black, almost dull ; head shining, keeled and very angular in 

 front, with transverse furrows : fore-chest very thickly punctured : 

 hind-chest and sides of the scutcheon pitchy : abdomen reddish at 

 the base, somewhat dilated on each side : fore-wings piceous black, 

 red along the veins which are also red : hind-wings dark brown ; 

 veins black. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 

 0. ? From Mr. Argent's collection, 



7. Sphenorhina eluptica. 



Nigra, rufo varia ; aim anticce rufa: nigra marginata et bimacu- 

 lat<B. 



Black, shining : head in front bright red and forming an an- 

 gular and very acute keel : hinder sides of the fore-chest, sides and 

 tip of the scutcheon and hind-chest bright red : oviduct and part of 

 the breast red : fore-wings black ; disk and part of the base bright 



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