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veins very numerous, tawny and irregular for two-thirds of the 

 length from the base, yellow and regular from thence to the lips : 

 hind-wings pale gray, dark brown for more than one-third of the 

 length from the base, brown at the tip ; a blue spot on each near 

 the base ; veins dark brown. Length of the body 4i lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



33. POIOCERA UUPIPASCU, Mas. 



Nigra ; caput et mesothnrax flavn-fusca ; abdomen nigro vittatum 

 et fasciatum, lateribus ventrequeflavum ; pedes nigri ; tibia 

 Jlavo bifasciaUe ; aim fuscoe ; atce antica: rubra fasciatte, baai 

 snbferruginea: ; alee posticce apices versus limpidcB. 

 Body black: head and middle-chest brown, somewhat tawny 

 along the borders : crown of the head surrounded by a ridge, and 

 having a small tubercle on each side of the disk ; lace rather rugu- 

 lose, divided by a slight transverse ridge from the epistoma: mouth 

 dark brown, extending far beyond the hind-hips : middle-chest 

 somewhot rugulose; hind-chest black, ridged transversely and ob- 

 liquely: abdomen slightly obconical, broader but not longer than 

 the thorax, yellow above, and on each side beneath ; a longitudinal 

 ridge, and the hind border of each segment black : legs black, fur- 

 rowed; two yellow bands on each shank; hind-shanks armed with 

 spines ; fore-wings brown, somewhat ferruginous and having green 

 veins towards the base, adorned with a slender crimson band, beyond 

 which is the reticulated part where the veins are brown : hind-wings 

 dark brown, adorned with sea-green or whitish veins, colourless to- 

 wards the tips whoso borders are pale brown, Length of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



34. POIOCERA BUBRIVITTA, MaS. 



Nigro-fusca ; sculelli latera ferrmjinca ; abdomen vittis duabus rtifis 

 nigro-maculatis ornatum ; pedes nigri; alec anticm nigra fulvo 

 maculates, basi ruf(e ; ala posticce fusees, basi rufa,apice (im- 

 pidtc. 



Body blackish -brown, finely rugulose : crown of the head very 

 short, surrounded by a ridge; face parted from the cpistoma bv a 

 distinct suture, having an indistinct longitudinal ridge : moiith 

 black, extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen : an indistinct 

 longitudinal ridge on the shield ; scutcheon ferruginous on each 



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