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CATALOGUE OF 
wings deep black ; each with a small transverse white spot in the middle, 
and with a small round white spot near the tip. Length of the body 
6 lines. 
a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
39. Pirates asneus. 
Foem. JEneus, fere linearis; caput conicum , prothoracis lobo antico 
paullo brevius, lobo medio fulvo ; antennae picece ; abdomen fulvum ; 
connexivum pallide Jlavescens, ceneo maculatum ; pedes pallide Jla- 
vescentes, femoribus tarsisque piceo fasciatis, libiis piceis basi 
apiceque jlavescentibus ; corium nigricans , striga costali strigisque 
duabus transversis albidis , maculis duabus strigaque exteriore tes- 
taceis costalibus ; membrana pallide cinerea, fusco tristrigata. 
Female. iEneous, nearly linear. Head couical, a little shorter than 
the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part much longer than the 
post-ocular, its middle lobe tawny. Rostrum tawny. Antennae piceous, 
more than half the length of the body ; first joint shorter than the ante- 
ocular head ; second full twice as long as the first. Fore lobe of the 
prothorax a little more than twice as long as the hind lobe; longitudinal 
furrows very slight. Abdomen tawny above and in the disk beneath ; con- 
nexivum pale yellowish, with aeneous spots. Legs pale yellowish; femora 
and tarsi with piceous bands; tibiae setulose, piceous, pale at each end. 
Fore wings blackish, with a short subcostal whitish streak, which is con- 
nected with two transverse whitish streaks ; two testaceous costal spots and 
an exterior oblique testaceous costal streak ; membrane pale ciuereous, 
with three broad brown streaks. Length of the body 4^ lines. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
40. Pirates minusculus. 
Mas. Niger , subfusiformis , sublus piceus ; caput conicum , prothoracis 
lobo antico paullo longius ; antennarutn articulus 1 us brcvissimus ; 
prothoracis lobus anticus valde sulcalus ; pedes picei; alee anticce 
picece , albido trinotatce. 
Male. Black, subfusiform, pubescent, piceous beneath. Head conical, 
a little longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part very 
much longer than the post-ocular. Antennae pubescent, a little more than 
half as long as the body ; first joint very short ; second full thrice as long 
as the first; third very much longer than the second; fourth hardly longer 
than the third. Fore lobe of the prothorax not much longer than the hind 
lobe; longitudinal furrows strongly marked. Legs piceous; furrow beneath 
the hind tibiae less than half the length of the latter. Fore wings piceous, 
paler at the tips, each with three whitish marks ; first and second marks 
transverse; first mark basal, irregular; second in the middle, joining the 
costa ; third angular, subapical. Length of the body 4 J lines. 
a. Columbia. From M. Goudot’s collection. 
