USX OF IIOMOPIEROUS INSECTS. 



Rufa; abdomen supra nigrum ; pedes nigra fasciati ; tarsi poslici 

 albi ; alee anticce fulvie, macula apicali rufa nigra cir- 

 cumdata. 



Red, shininff : head and chest rouRhly punctured : head above 

 concave ; face extremely compressed, forniiiiif a right angle ; keel 

 very thin ; cross ridges on each side rather indistinct ; epistoma com- 

 pressed: moulh black, red towards the base: antenna; black ; fourth 

 joint tawny : chest much depressed on each side in front : abdomen 

 black above, red at the base and at the lip : tips of the thighs, of the 

 shanks and of the feet black ; hind-feet white, with black tips : fore- 

 wings tawny, long and narrow ; near each tip a large round red spot 

 surrounded by a black circle: hind-wings almost colourless, pale 

 brown at the tips and along the hind border ; veins black, yellow at 

 the base. Length of the body 4— 4J lines; of the wings 12—13 

 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. South America. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



26. SpHENOEHIN.t PAEALLELA. 



Rufa ; pectus nigra faseiatum ; abdamen nigrum ; femora apice, 

 tibiie tarsique nigra; alee anticie fuscre, rufa trivittala. 



Bright red, shining: head and chest very finely punctured; 

 head above depressed ; face much comi)rcssed, forming a right 

 angle, having a flat black lanceolate compartment between the an- 

 tenniE ; keel very thin ; a cross ridge on each side, rather indistinct ; 

 epistoma compressed: mouth and antennae black; fourth joint 

 tawny : chest depressed on each side in front: breast with a black 

 band across the middle-hips : abdomen black, red at the base and at 

 the tip : shanks, feet, and tips of the thighs black : fore-wings brown, 

 long and narrow, adorned with three red stripes, which are united at 

 the tips ; the middle one extends to the base, which it wholly occu- 

 pies: hind-wings almost colourless, pale brown at the tips and along 

 the hind borders; veins black, bright red at the base. Length of the 

 body 3 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



