512 CATALOGUE OF 



wiih some darker lines. Antennse lanceolate, broad, flat, as long as the 

 head and the pvothorax together. Prothorax finely punctured, with two 

 transverse impressed lines and with five very slight longitudinal elevated 

 lines; fore border and hind border rounded ; sides straight. Prosternum 

 with an obtuse tooth. Abdomen long, attenuated towards the tip. Oviduct 

 lanceolate, straight, 4^ lines in length. Legs slender; four anterior legs 

 short; hind tibiae with two rows of very minute spines which have lilack 

 tips. Fore wings very narrow. Hind wings a little shorter, pellucid, rosy 

 at the base, tbis hue especially on the veins. Length of the body 21 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 28 lines. 



a. North Bengal. From Lieut. Campbell's collection. 



27. Opomala tarsalis. 



Foem. Viridis, rohusta, fere cylindrica ; caput el prothorax suhliliter 

 punctata, fusco quadrivillata,flavo biviltata ; caput prothoracc paullo 

 brevius, antice conicum, subtus quadricarinatum ; ocuti picei, 

 fusiformes, oblujui, noti prominuli ; antennce nigrce, non dilatatcc ; 

 prothorax antice subrotundatus, postice valde rotundatus. 



Female. Green, stout, nearly cylindrical. Head and prothorax 

 minutely .punctured, with two, sometimes nearly obsolete, brown stripes 

 and an intermediate yellow stripe on each side. Head above a little 

 shorter than the prothorax, cone in front shorter than the eye; under side 

 with four keels, of which the middle pair is most distinct. Eyes piceous, 

 fusiform, oblique, not prominent. Antennae black, lanceolate, much longer 

 than the head, not dilated. Prothorax with two slight transverse impressed 

 lines; fore border slightly rounded; hind border ranch rounded. Pro- 

 sternum with a bidentate protuberance. Legs rather stout ; hind femora 

 reddish and marked with black at the tips ; lour anterior tibia3 with a few 

 minute spines ; hind tibite deep green, with two rows of stout pale yellow 

 black-tipped spines; hind tarsi red. Hind wings cinereous, somewhat 

 shorter than the fore wings ; veins black. Length of the body 24 — 27 

 lines; expansion of the fore wings 33 — 36 lines. 



a, h. Silhet. From the Rev. Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



28. Opomala semipicta. 



Mas. Subaurato-viridis ; caput et prothorax disco aut villis duabus rufo- 

 fuscis ; caput longi-conicum, prothorace viultn brevius, antice coni- 

 cum et marginatum ; oculi fusiformes, obliqui, subprominuli ; 

 antennce picece, lanceolatce, subdilutatce, capili et prolhoraci ad unum 

 cequilongcB ; prothorax antice sub truncatus, postice rotundatus, carinis 

 bene deter minatis; prosternum unispinosum ; femora postica nigra 

 vitlata ; alee cinerae ; alee antica rufo venosa, vitta cosiali viridi ; 

 atcB posticce breviores, nigra venosa. 



Male. Green, slender, slightly gilded. Head and prothorax above 

 reddish brown or wiih two stripes of that hue. Head elongate-conical, 

 much shorter than the prothorax, conical and with a broad elevated border 

 in front of the eyes ; front with four well-defined keels, of which the inner 

 diverge from each other towards the face. Eyes piceous, fusiform, oblique, 

 slightly prominent. Antenna; piceous, lanceolate, slightly dilated, as long 



