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CATALOGUE OF 
Prothorax black, very finely scabrous ; hind angles obtuse, not prominent, 
^egs black; femora dentate beneath. Fore wings black, with a narrow 
dentate luteous band. Length of the body 6^ — 7 lines. 
a. Amazon Region. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
P. Tunaniius. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
13. Hypselonotus mabgixalis. 
Fcem. Piceus, subtus testaceus ; caput testaceum ; rostrum breve ; antennce 
juscce ; prothorax margine antico lineaque longitudinali testaceis, 
anguhs posticis nigris prominulis peracutis ; scutellum rufum, apice 
pa ide testaceum; pectus nigro bistrigalum ; connexivum Jlavo 
maculatum ,- venter e gutlis nigris quadriviltatum ; pedes nigro 
conspersi, femoribus posticis subtus apices versus spi/iosis ; alee anticce 
testaceo unisirigatce. 
Female. Piceous, testaceous beneath. Head testaceous. Rostrum 
short; fourth joint a little longer than the third. Antennce brown. Pro- 
thorax very finely scabrous, testaceous towards the fore border and with a 
testaceous longitudinal line; hind angles forming two black acute promi- 
nent spines. Scutellum red; tip pale testaceous. Pectus with two black 
s reaks between the fore legs and middle legs. Abdomen with yellow spots 
along each side. Ventral segments with four rows of black dots; two of 
the outer dots on each side elongated. Femora and tibias black-speckled; 
hind temora with spines beneath towards the tips. Fore wings with a 
testaceous streak along the exterior border. Length of the body lines. 
fit. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
14. Hypselonotus lanceolatds. 
Mas. Luteus, subtus flavus ; caput nigro bivittatum ; rostrum coxas 
posticas atlingens ; antennce nigree, corpore breviores ; prolhorax 
vitlis sex margineque poslico nigris, angulis posticis oblusis non 
prominulis; pedes nigro annulati, femoribus subtus subsetulosis ; alee 
anticce nigrec, luteo venosce. 
Male. Luteous, yellow beneath. Head with tvyo black stripes. 
Rostrum extending to the hind coxae. Antennae black, shorter than the 
body ; second joint much longer than the first; third a little longer than 
the first. Piothorax black about the hind border and with six black 
stripes; the two inner stripes on each side lanceolate, united in front- hind 
angles obtuse, not prominent. Legs with numerous black rings; femora 
minutely setulose beneath. Fore wings black ; veins of the porium luteous 
Length oi the body 5^ lines. 
a, Cuenca, From Mr. Fraser’s collection, 
15. Hypselonotus ventbalis. 
Mas. Testaceus; rostrum coxas anticas super ans ; antennce corpore 
multo breviores; prothorax antice callosus, angulis posticis obtusis 
lion prominulis, margine poslico viridescente ; scutellum viride ; 
