BY F. W. GODING AND W. W. FROGGATT. 597 



carinse. Opercula shore, distant, apical border broadly rounded. 

 Front femora spined below. 

 Type, V. superba, sp.no v. 



*Yenustria superba, sp.nov. (Plate xix., figs. 7-7«.) 



Head sordid greenish-f ascous, a narrow pale green stripe start- 

 ing from middle of vertex passing between ocelli curves to base 

 of each antenna; front convex, prominent, green, a median stripe 

 and striations ferruginous, sides of face green narrowly bordered 

 with yellow; clypeus green, a yellow spot on apex, base ferrugi- 

 nous on each side of which is a tubercle; rostrum yellow, tip 

 black, reaching base of hind coxse. Pronotum pale ferruginous, 

 an hourglass-shaped median stripe enclosing a narrow pale green 

 stripe, spot on each side, furrows, inner edge of lateral borders, 

 fuscous; lateral and posterior borders broad, bright green, front 

 angles toothed, hind angles broad, almost foliaceous. Mesonotum 

 pale ferruginous, with four obconical excavated stripes bordered 

 with pale yellow, the inner pair pale ferruginous and shorter, 

 outer pair fuscous, a broad stripe on lateral borders and cruciform 

 elevation bright green excepting a narrow short fuscous line on 

 extreme base on each side of the latter. Tegmina vitreous, tinged 

 with beautiful golden bronze; space between costa and radial 

 vein green on basal half thereafter ferruginous, these veins red- 

 dish; veins green toward base, fuscous near apex, posterior border 

 of clavus black; basal membrane ferruginous. Wings in colour 

 similar to tegmina, veins brown. Abdomen ferruginous, covered 

 with golden silky pubescence; excepting the basal, all segments 

 with apical edges narrowly fuscous, a row of ferruginous spots on 

 each side near lateral border, apex concolorous; sides of abdomen 

 near base clouded with green, tip yellow. Body below : chest is 

 green, opercula fuscous-green ; abdomen sordid yellow with a 

 broad central stripe and lines between segments on each side 

 fuscous; the lateral carinse are shining fuscous; anal appendage 

 fuscous. Legs pale yellow, front femora, and apex of tibiae 

 lightly marked with ferruginous. Long. corp. 26-28 mm.; lat. 

 9 mm.; exp. teg. 80-86 mm. 



