48 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA 



Flatoides LATISTRIGA. 



Teslaceus ; vertex brevis ; frons transversa, subcarinata ; prothorax 

 arcuatus ; alee anticce fuscee, strigis tribus albidis, casta lata nigri- 

 cante, margine exteriore latissimo ; posticw cinerece, hasi albicla. 



Testaceous. Vertex short; front flat, rather broader than long, with a 

 middle keel, which is obsolete near the face ; sides somewhat rounded ; 

 face small. Prothorax arched, rather longer than usual. Fore wings 

 brown ; costa blackish, broad ; exterior border extremely broad, with a 

 line of veinlets ; a whitish streak along the interior border at the base, a 

 second in the disk near the base, and a third one, which is broader and 

 more oblique, and proceeds from the costa ; veinlets irregular, but rather 

 numerous. Hind wings gray, whitish towards the base. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



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Flatoides pustulatus. 



Testaceus ; vertex hrevissimus ; frons vix oblonga, margine subelevato ; 

 prothorax arcuatus ; mesothoracis discus fuscus ; abdominis seg- 

 menta viridi marginata ; aim antica fuscescentes, apud marginem 

 latum exteriorem subcinereee, striga testacea guttisque quatuor tiigri- 

 cantibus basalibus, costa lata ; posticce subcinereee. 



Testaceous. Vertex extremely short ; front flat, very little longer 

 than broad, the border very slightly elevated. Prothorax arched, extending 

 over part of the vertex. Mesolhorax with a brown disk. Hind borders of 

 the abdominal segments bright grass-green. Fore wings brownish, some- 

 what grayish along the broad exterior border, with a testaceous streak and 

 four blackish dots in the disk near the base ; costa broad. Hind wings 

 grayish ; veins black ; no veinlets. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the 

 wings 6\ lines. 



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Genus RICANIA, Germar. 



RiCANIA PKOMTNENS. 



Obscure testacea; vertex brevissimus ; frons elongata, tricarinata, lituns 

 transversis nigricantibus, margine elevalo ; prothorax bicarinatus ; 



