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black towards tbe tip, much shorter than the abdomen. Legs stout; spines 

 bliick or wiili black tips ; hind femora a little more than two-thirds of the 

 length of the fore wings, with three irregular blackish bands. Wings rather 

 short. Fore wings pale cinereous, longer by one line and a half than the 

 hind wings : areolels large, irregular ; some elongated brown spots along 

 the interior border; veins tawny, l)lackish between the scapular and the 

 costa; reticulation whitish. Hind wings blackish; longitudinal veins 

 lawny; transverse veins white. Length of the body 15— 22 lines ; expan- 

 sion of the fore wings 30—39 lines. 



a, b. — '■ ? Presented by JNIajor-Gen. Hardwicke. 



26. Meroncidius discoidalis. 



Mas. Fulvus ; vertex et prothoracis discus picei ; prothorax rugulosus, 

 nigricanle biviUalus ; styli longi, cylindrici ; pedes rubusli ; ala 

 nnticf£ lesiaeeo reliculalce et venosa,ni(jricante notata ; aim poslicm 

 breviores, nigro-cinerece. 



Male. Tawny. Vertex of the head and disk of the prothorax piceous. 

 Head pale testaceous, with two piceous stripes on each side between the 

 eye and the hind border. Eyes tawny, round, prominent. Antennae brown, 

 tawny at the base. Prothorax rugulose, with two irregular blackish stripes 

 and with two strongly impressed transverse lines. Cerci very thick, slightly 

 curved. Styles long, cylindrical. Legs stout, mostly testaceous; spines 

 with black tips; hind femora five-eighths of the length of the fore wings. 

 Fore wings cinereous, tapering slightly towards the lips, longer by three 

 lines than the hind wings, wiih many blackish not reticulated marks 

 adjoining the veins, which like the reticulation are pale testaceous; areolets 

 mosllv large and regular; scapular vein parallel to the exlerno-medial till 

 near the tip, where it diverges to the costa. Hind wings blackish 

 cinereous; veins ferruginous, testaceous along the costa ; sectors regular. 

 Length of the body 18 lines; expansion of the fore wings 46 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



27. Meroncidius lativittatus. 



Mas. Fulvus, gracilis; caput antice nigrum; prothorax taberciilalus, 

 piceo latissime univittatus ; sli/li lineares ; pedes sat graciles ; alcB 

 anticcE angustce, nigro subtiliter notalce ; alee posticcB citierece. 



Male. Tawny, slender. Head smooth, shining; fore part black. 

 Eyes piceous. Prothorax tuberculate, with a very broad piceous stripe and 

 with two strongly impressed transverse lines. Styles of the subgeiiital 

 lamina linear. Legs rather slender; hind femora nearly two-thirds of the 

 lenj;thofthe fore wings. Fore wings narrow, longer by one line and a 

 half than the hind wings, with many minute black marks, which all join the 

 veins. Hind wings cinereous; longitudinal veins brown; transverse 

 veins paler. Length of the body 13 lines ; expansion of ihe fore wings 

 26 lines. 



«. Sanlarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



