150 me. walker's catalogue of iiomopteeotjs insects 



44. Cixitrs dilecttjs, n. s., mas et fcem. Testaceus, C. Jiniti structura, 

 alis hyalinis, anticis latis fusco subfasciatis, venis nigris basi testaceis. 



Like C. Jinitus and C. nexus in structure. Male and Female. Testaceous. 

 Wings quite hyaline ; veins black, testaceous at the base ; fore wings 

 broad, with some irregular and incomplete pale brown bands. Length of 

 the body If line ; of the wings 4 lines. 



45. Cixitts dotattjs, n. s., mas et foem. Nigricans, facie pectore pedibus- 

 que albidis, alis fuscis, anticis basi fascist lata interiore macuhs quinque 

 exterioribus apiceque hyahnis, stigmate fusco, posticis basi late hyalinis. 



Male and Female. Blackish. Face, pectus and legs whitish. Vertex short ; 

 front and face with a middle keel ; front elongate-subquadrate, with whitish 

 elevated borders ; face lanceolate. Wings brown ; fore wings with the 

 base, a broad band, five exterior dots and the tips hyaline ; veins black, 

 several of them forked ; one row of transverse veinlets ; stigma black ; hind 

 wings hyaline for nearly one-third of the length from the base. Length of 

 the body 1 line ; of the wings 3 J lines. 



46. Cixms INSTTETTTS, n. s., mas. Testaceus, fronte facieque longis peran- 

 gustis, alis hyalinis albo tomentosis, venis albis. 



Male. Testaceous. Head with an elevated border, transverse above ; front 

 and face long and very narrow, with a slight middle keel. Wings hyaline, 

 but thickly covered with white tomentum ; veins white, much like those 

 of C. dilectus in structure. Length of the body f line j of the wings 

 3 lines. ,. /) 



Gen. BirW, Walk. 



47. Bidis pictttla, n. s., mas et fcem. Viridis rufo nigroque vittata, ver- 

 ticis apice, pectoris maculis duabus abdomineque nigris, alis hyahnis, an- 

 ticis striga apicali guttisque marginalibus fuscis, venis nigris albo fas- 

 ciatis. 



Male and Female. Green, with red and black stripes. Head with much 

 elevated borders ; vertex narrow in front, black at the tip ; front and face 

 narrow and very long, with red disks. Antennae long, filiform ; 2nd joint 

 much longer than the 1st ; seta much longer than the 2nd joint. Pectus 

 with two black spots. Abdomen black. Wings hyaline, with brown 

 marks along the borders, and with a brown streak which extends from 

 two-thirds of the length to the tip ; veins black, with white bands. Length 

 of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



48. Bidis ptrNCTiEEONS, n. s., mas et foem. Testacea rufo vittata, fronte 

 nigro punctata, thoracis carinis palhdioribus, alis subhyalinis, anticis guttis 

 marginalibus strigaque apicali dilatata, fuscis, venis nigris testaceo fasciatis. 



Male and Female. Testaceous, with red stripes, in structure like B. pictula. 

 Front with three rows of black transverse dots ; face with black dots at the 

 base. Thorax with three brown stripes. Wings nearly hyaline ; fore wings 

 with marginal brown dots, and with an irregular brown streak, which is 

 dilated towards the tip of the wing ; veins black, with testaceous bands. 

 Length of the body 3-3f lines ; of the wings 7-7i lines. 



