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more than twice longfer than the fourth. Autenna3 long, slender. Pro- 

 thorax slij;htly sachlle-shapefi ; the two transverse furrows very slight ; 

 fore border very slightly excavated; hind border slightly rounded. Hind 

 border of the metathorax conical. Oviduct much curved upward, very 

 minutely serrated above, shorter than the abdomen. Legs moderately long 

 and slender ; femora punctured, with one row of minute spines beneath ; 

 hind femora incrassated for half the length from the base ; four anterior 

 tibiae with two rows of minute spines; hind tibiae with four rows. Wings 

 long. Fore wings rather narrow, obliquely truncated at the tips, shorter by 

 one line than the hind wings. Hind wings with a reticulated patch along 

 the apical part of the costa, 



I. ZULPHA PERLARIA. 



Phaneroptera perlaria, Wesliv. Orient. Ent. pi. 14, f. 1. 

 Hindostan. Prince of Wales' Isle. 



Genus 119. MOLPA. 



Mas etfcem. Corpus gracile, Iseve. Caput productum ; vertex antice 

 lanceolalus; frons angusta, perobliqua, fere plana, inter antennas lanceo- 

 lata. Oculi fere rotundi, valde prominuli. Palpi maxillares graciles ; 

 articulus 5us subclavatus, 4o plus triplo longior. Antennae gracillimae ; 

 articuli lus et 2us validi ; Ins longissimus; 2us brevis. Prothorax 

 sellatus ; discus planus, poslice latescens ; margo anticus vix concavus ; 

 latera subangulata; margo posticus subrotundatus. Mesosternum et meta- 

 sternum subincisa. Abdomen subcarinatum. Pedes longi, gracillimi, 

 spinulosi; femora poslica basin versus incrassata; tibiae postica basi arti- 

 culatee ; tarsi brevissimi. Alas auticse angusta», apice rotundata;, costa 

 perparum rotundata, margine inleriore fere recto. Alae poslicae pauUo 

 longiores, apice reticulatae. Mas. — Lamina supra-analis lata. Cerci 

 incurvi, apice incrassati et furcati. Lamina subgenitalis gracilis, longis- 

 sima, apice furcata. Fwm. — Oviductus brevissimus, supra serratus. 



Male and female. Body slender, smooth. Head elongate, as broad 

 as the fore border of the prothorax ; vertex lanceolate in front or with a 

 short porrect horn which is broader than the first joint of the antenna ; 

 front narrow, nearly flat, very oblique, lanceolate between the sockets of the 

 antennae. Eyes nearly round, very prominent. Palpi slender; fourth 

 joint of the maxillary about half the length of the third and less than one- 

 third of the length of the liflb, which is subclavate. Antennae very sVender; 

 first and second joints stout; first very long ; second short. Prothorax 

 somewhat saddle-shaped ; disk flat and widening in the hinder part ; a 

 slight longitudinal impressed line and two broader transverse abbreviated 

 impressed lines, of which the fore one is interrupted and the hind one is 

 angular; fore border hardly excavated ; lateral lobes slightly angular; hind 

 border slightly rounded. Mesosternum and metasternum slightly notched. 

 Abdomenj slightly keeled. Legs long, very slender, with very minute 

 spines; hind femora full two-thirds of the length of the fore wings; 

 hind tibiae jointed at the base, with four rows of spines; tarsi very 

 short. Fore wings narrow, minutely reticulated, rounded at the tips, 

 a little shorter than the hind wings; costa very slightly rounded; 



