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CATALOGUE OF 
9. Spartocera trilineata, 
trilineata, Sgnl. A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. i. 56. 
Moyabamba, Peru. 
10. Spartocera scolpta. 
Coreus sculptus, Perty, Del. An. Artie. Braz. 169, pi. 33, f. 16. 
Minas Geraes. 
11. Spartocera Chilensis. 
Foem. Rufa ; vertex et prothorax antice nigri, antenna nigra, corporis 
dimidio breviores ; prothoracis anguli postici subdilatati vix obtusi ; 
abdominis latera nigro maculata ; venter et pedes nigri, illius latera 
rufo maculata ; ala antica membrana nigra. 
Female. Red. Vertex and fore part of the prothorax black. Rostrum 
black towards the tip, extending beyound the fore coxae. Antennae black, 
less than half the length of the body; joints from the first to the third 
successively decreasing in length ; fourth as long as the second. Prothorax 
minutely scabrous, with two slight transverse ridges, the first in the middle 
and slightly curved, the second near the l)ind border; hind part slightly 
dilated and forming a hardly obtuse angle on each side. Abdomen 
elliptical, with black spots along each side, where it extends rather beyond 
the fore wings; under side black, with red spots along each side. Legs 
and membrane of the fore wiugs black. Length of the body 7 lines. 
a. Chili. 
12. Spartocera lampyroides. 
Mas. Nigra, subtus lutea; prothorax vittis duabus luteis antice arcuatis 
et connexis postice latescentibus ; pectus nigro octonotatum ; venter 
vittis duabus lattissimis valde excavatis maculisque lateralibus nigris ; 
corium luteum. Foem. — Corii costa nigro strigata. 
Male. Black. Head luteous beneath. Prothorax with two luteous 
stripes, which are bent and united near the fore border, and which widen 
from thence to the hind border. Propectus luteous, with a short broad 
oblique black streak on each side. Mesopectus and metapectus luteous, 
with three black patches on each side, the anterior patch extending to the 
fore coxa. Abdomen beneath luteous, with two very broad much excavated 
black stripes, with two rows of marginal black spots, and with a black tip. 
Fore wings with a luteous corium. Length of the body 9J lines. 
Female. Mesopectus and metapectus with the patches united on 
each side. Abdomen beneath with the stripes more excavated than those 
of the male; tip with four lobes. Fore wings with a black streak along the 
costa of the corium, this streak attenuated towards the base. Length of 
the body 10^ lines. 
The black sides of the prothorax distinguish it from S. dorsalis, 
a, b. Oajaca. From M. Salle’.s collection. 
