76 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Jan., 



Measurements. 



Total length, 40 mm. 50 mm. 



Length of pronotiim, 1.7 " 2.5 " 



Length of mesonotmii, 7 " 10 " 



Length of tegmma, 2.5 " 3 " 



Length of wmgs, 19+ " 16.5 " 



Length of abdomen, 22.5 " 26.5 " 



Length of anterior femora. 11 " 11.5 '' 



Length of anterior tibise, 9.5 '' 9.5 " 



Length of median femora, 7.5 " 



Length of posterior femora, 11.7 " 



This species is based on a series of sixteen individuals, fifteen of which 

 are females. No appreciable difference exists in all the series, except 

 in the intensity of the green coloration of the body, which is clearly due 

 ^ to the fading of the natural tint. 



Genus SIPYLOIDEA Brunner. 



1893. Sipyloidea Brunner, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Xat. Geneva, XXXIII, 

 pp. 84 and 86. 



Included Necroscia chlorotica Serville, TV. sipyhis, samsoo, sarpedori 

 and pancetius Westwood, of which Brunner selected sipylus as the type. 



Sipyloidea sipylus (Westwood). 



1859. Necroscia Sipylus Westwood, Cat. Orth. Ins. Brit. Mus., I, p. 138, 

 PI. XVIII, fig. 4. tAssam; Java.] 



Three specimens; one male, two females; Trong, Lower Siam. (Dr. 

 W. L. Abbott.) [U. S. N. M.] 



This species has been recorded from Bhamo and Carin Cheba, Burma, 

 Assam, Malacca, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The form from the latter 

 island was provisionally separated by Westwood as ivarasaca. 



Sipyloidea scabra (StS.])? 



1877. N[ecroscin] scabra Stal, Ofversigt af K. Vetensk.-Akad. Forhand- 

 lingar, 1877, No. 10, p. 43. [Philippines.] 



Two males; Island of Obi, ^^loluccas. [Coll. of Morgan Hebard 

 and A. N. S. Phila., presented by Mr. Hebard.] 



These specimens agree fairly Avell with Stal's very brief description, 

 but that individuals from the two localities are identical is, to say the 

 least, doubtful. A very peculiar feature of these individuals is the 

 continuous ventral line extending from the prosternum to the apical 

 portion of the abdomen. Several other species related to tliis form are 

 sarpedon and samsoo Westwood, and possibh' jamis Bates and ceramia 

 Westwood. 



