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CATALOGUE OF 
4. SePHINA FORMOSA. 
Spartocera formosa, C. H. 372. 
a, b. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson’s collection. 
Var. jS. — Minor ; ala: anticce luleo qiiadrimaculala:. 
c. Columbia. From M. Goudot’s collection. 
5. Sephina maculata. 
Spartocera maculata, C. H. 372. 
a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse’s collection. 
6 . Sephina pubera. 
Sp. (Sephina) pubera, Erichs. Schomb. Reise Guiana., iii. 611. 
British Guiana. 
7. Sephina atra. 
Mas. Atra ; venter maculis lateralibus maculisque quinque discalibus 
rujis ; alee posticee basi rufee. 
Male. Deep black, in structure like S. pustulata. Abdomen beneath 
with red spots alon{? each side; first, second and third segments with a red 
spot in the disk; fifth segment with a red spot on each side of the disk. 
Hind wings red towards the base. Length of the body 9 lines. 
a. Mexico. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus 3. SPARTOCERA, C. H. 371. 
A. Hind angles of the prothorax not truncated. 
a. Prothorax luteous, with a very large black spot. 
b. Prothorax black, with two luteous stripes. 
c. Prothorax tawny or brown, or black. 
* Abdomen with the marginal spots well defined. 
I Body broad. _ - - . 
ff Body hardly broad. - . . 
** Abdomen with the marginal spots not well defined, 
I Body broad. 
]; Colour tawny. 
§ Abdomen with marginal spots. 
X Scutellum not blackish brown. 
X X Scutellum blackish brown. - - - 
§§ Abdomen without marginal spots. 
X Angles of the prothorax not prominent. 
X X Angles of the prothorax prominent. - 
Colour brown or black. - - _ 
ft Body hardly broad. _ - . 
B. Hind angles of the prothorax truncated. 
a. Hind angles more angular. 
b. Hind angles less angular. - - _ 
dorsalis. 
lampyroides. 
alternata. 
Chilensis. 
or none. 
fuse?.. 
costicollis. 
- cinnamomea. 
quadricollis. 
gigas. Batatas, 
dubia. 
sculpta. 
trilineata. 
