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p. 6 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 9½ 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 10½ lines.

The black sides of the prothorax distinguish it from S. dorsalis.

a, b. Oajaca. From M.Sallé’s collection.

Source of information:  Walker, F. 1871. Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. IV:1-211

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