9^ Dr. L. Melichar. 



?Ormenis immunis Walk. 



Poeciloptera immunis Walk., Ins. Saund. Hom., p. 107 (1858). 



Testacea; vertex brevissimus; frons quadrata, plana, carina tenui marginibus sub- 

 elevatis; thorax subtricarinatus; alae anticae latae, costa basali subconvexa, margine 

 externo recto, angulis rotundatis, margine interno subconcavo; posticae albae. 



Long. 2^/2 — 6 lin. 



Patria ignota. 



Onnenis incerta Walk. 



Poeciloptera incerta Walk., List of Hom, II, p. 462, 51 (1851). 



c^. Fulva; caput perbreve; prothorax flavus; mesothorax fusco-maculatus et bivit- 

 tatus; abdomen piceum; pedes fulvi; alae anticae flavae, apice truncatae, margine postico 

 tuberculatae, alae posticae limpidae. 



Body tawny; head very short; crown extremely short, bordered by a rim, hardly 

 convex in front, shorter in the middle tlian on each side; front flat, bordered by a rim, 

 slightly convex on each side, with a short ridge towards the crown, very slightly concave 

 where it joins the epistoma, hardly longer than broad; epistoma short; forechest yellow, 

 nearly six times the length of the crown, very convex, slightly concave behind, its length 

 in the middle about twice that on each side; middle-chest about thrice the length ofthe 

 fore-chest, with some brown spots and two broad brown stripes; abdomen pitchy, a 

 little longer than the ehest; legs tawny; fore-wings broad, yellow, truncated at the tips 

 which form slightly obtuse angles with the bind borders, the latter arc tuberculated 

 towards thebase; veins tawny; longitudinal veins numerous; cross-veinsrathernumerous 

 in the disk; fore border convex, along it a row of oblique parallel cross-veins of nearly 

 equal length; hind-wings colourless. 



Length of the body 2^2 ünes; of the wings g lines. 



Patria ignota. 



? Ormenis lactifera Walk. 



Poeciloptera lactifera Walk., List of Hom., II, p. 450, 33 (185 1). 



Straminea; mesothorax luteo bivittatus; pedes straminei; alae albae. 



Body pale straw-colour; powdered with white; head a little narrower than the 

 ehest, very short; crown hardly visible above; front very short above, large and flat on 

 the fore part, with a very short ridge, rounded on each side, narrower towards the 

 epistoma, bordered by a rim, straight when it joins the epistoma, its breadth exceeding 

 its length; epistoma lanceolate; fore-chest arched; middle-chest with two luteous stripes, 

 more than thrice the length ofthe fore-chest; abdomen obconical, not longer than the 

 ehest; legs pale straw-colour; longitudinal veins of the fore-wings numerous; cross- 

 veins not numerous; fore border slightly convex; along it a row of oblique, parallel, 

 here and there forked, cross-veins. 



Length ofthe body 3 lines; ofthe wings 10 lines. 



East and North India (Walker). 



Ormenis latistriga Walk. 



Flatoides latistriga Walk., Ins. Saund. Hom., p. 48 (1858). 



Testaceus; vertex brevis; frons transversa, subcarinata; prothorax arcuatus; alae 

 anticae fuscae, strigis tribus albidis, costa lata nigricante, margine exteriore latissimo; 

 posticae cinereae, basi albidae. 



