LIST 01-- IIOMOPTr.IlOUS INSECTS. o4 I 



18. ACONOFHOBA COMPKESSA, MaS. 



Picea ; caput nigncam ; pectus et abdomen nigra ; pedes ferni- 

 ginei ; femora niijro vittata ; ake subfuscai. 

 Pitchy, thickly clothed with yellow down : head blackish, 

 transverse, of moderate length, nearly as broad as the fore-chest, 

 very slightly convex along the hind border, tawny on each side of 

 the notch in front : fore-chest tliickly and minutely punctured, 

 ridged in front and at the tip, slightly impressed on each side near 

 the fore border, prolonged in front of the head into a conical, hardly 

 ascending, much compressed horn, with a rather broad blackish rim, 

 its length is much less than twice its breadth ; hind part extending 

 a little beyond the tip of the abdomen, slightly attenuated towards 

 the tip, which is very acute : breast and abdomen black : legs fer- 

 ruginous ; thighs streaked with black ; hind tibiae beset with minute 

 spines, whose tips are black : wings pale brown ; fore-wings slightly 

 punctured at the base ; veins pitchy ; areolets long. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 6| lines. 



a. Mexico. Presented by E. P. Coffin, Esq. 



19. AcoNOPHOKA INTERNA, Fem. 



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Fulm ; protlioracis carina flava; comu utrinque carinatum; ala 

 limpidas ; ala anticoe ad costam fuhxB, macula apicali lim 

 pida. 



Tawny : head punctured, transverse, triangular, very slightly 

 convex along the hind border, deeply notched on the fore border, 

 much narrower than the fore- chest : eyes prominent : fore-chest with 

 a slight yellow ridge, roughly punctured, prolonged into a conical 

 much compressed horn, which is nearly upright and hardly ad- 

 vances in front of the head, its height much exceeds its width", and 

 some slight ridges diverge on each side from its tip to its base; 

 shoulders nearly rectangular, rather prominent ; hind part of fore- 

 chest rather deeply keeled, extending to the tip of the abdomen : 

 legs pubescent : wings colourless ; fore-wings tawny along the whole 

 length and on half the breadth beneath the fore border, with the 

 exception of a colourless spot near the tip, punctured at the base 

 and along two-thirds of the length of the fore border ; veins tawny. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 

 «. Brazil. 



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