838 LIST OF IIOMOPTEKOUS INSECTS. 



side, with a black stripe, and on each side with three Mack spots, 

 two oil the hind-border, and one by each eyelet; underside black 

 towards the front : face with indistinct oblique stria; on each side, 

 black towards the tip ; epistoma mostly black : shield with .about 

 fourteen black spots of various size ; scutcheon with a large trian- 

 gular black spot on each side of the fore border, with two small 

 black spots in the disk, and with a short black stripe on each side 

 near the tip: abdomen black above: anterior thighs marked with 

 black ; fore-shanks black ; middle-shanks black above : fore-wings 

 yellow, with some small pitchy spots in the disk ; veins pitchy : hind- 

 wings brown. Length of the body 6J lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 

 a. Bahia. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



13. GVPONA MAKOINATA. 



Nigra, subtus iestacea; caput siibtus nigrum testaceo hivittatum; 

 scutum testaceo marginatum; pectus nigro bivittaium; ab- 

 domen ferrugineum ; pedes testacei, iarsis piceis ; alee sub- 

 limpidcc. 

 Black, testaceous beneath : head flat, semicircular, concave 

 behiud, narrower than the chest ; crown striated obliquely on each 

 side; its length less than half its breadth; underside black, with 

 two testaceous stripes ; face with oblique ridges on each side : shield 

 transversely striated, with testaceous borders ; scutcheon punctured: 

 breast with a black stripe on each side: abdomen ferruginous: legs 

 testaceous; feet pitchy; wings almost colourless ; fore-wings slightly 

 and interruptedly tinged with brown along the borders and towards 

 the tips. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



14. GyPONA FEBVENS. 



Fulva, subtus testacea ; pedes testacei ; ala; anticai lute<e, apice sub- 

 fuscce piceo viaculat<e. 

 Tawny, pale testaceous beneath : head flat, almost semicircular 

 ill front, slightly concave behind, narrower than the chest ; its length 

 about one-third of its breadth ; face flat : shield transversely striated, 

 impressed on each side in front ; legs pale testaceous : fore-wings 

 pale luteous, with a pitchy spot near the tips, which are transparent, 

 and slightly tinged with pale brown. Length of the body 3 (?) lines; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 

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



