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Fig. 34. — Male genital organs of : — 



a. Sympetnim decoloratum, b. Fonscolombei, c. Hypomelas, 

 e. Commixtum, f. Orientale. 

 Female genital organs of : — 



d. Sympelrum decoloratum, g. Orientale, h. Hypomelas. 



Expanse 58 mm. Length 38 mm. 



Head ; eyes reddish brown above, puce coloured at the sides and beneath ; 

 occiput, vesicle and epistome olivaceous brown ; forehead with a black, basal 

 line broken at the eyes. 



Prothorax reddish brown, the lobe very large and bordered with a fringe of 

 long hairs. 



Thorax dull red with a diffuse, dark green, humeral stripe. The sides of the 

 thorax as far as the spiracle and the ventral border of the metepimeron a bright 

 lemon yellow, dull greenish above, the area between being red. 



Legs ; the extensor sides of legs black, striped with yellow, the flexor surfaces 

 entirely black. 



Wings hyaline or in very adult specimens, a little smoky ; a small basal 

 marking, yellow with diffuse margins ; stigma reddifh ; antenodal nervures 7J ; 

 1 row of cells between 5 and 5a. 



Abdomen slightly constricted at the 3rd segment and thereafter a little fusi- 

 formly dilated to the end ; reddish yellow with yellow annules at the inter- 

 togmental nodes. 



Female very similar but of a duller hue, greyish or olivaceous brown more 

 or less chequered or suffused with red. Markings as for male but more distinct. 

 The abdomen bordered narrowly with black. 



