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36. OpOMALA AMiENA. 



FcEiTi. Pallide lute a ; caput et prothorax subtiliter punctata, vittis 

 duabus latis nigricantibus lutto notatis ; caput antice longi-conicum, 

 fronle nigricante quadrisubcarinata ; oculi fulvi, elliplici, nblu/ui, 

 subprominuli, supra approximati ; antenncB fuhce, basi subdilatatce ; 

 prothorax antice subtruncatus, postice subrotundatus ; prosternum 

 obtuse bispinosum ; abdominis segmenta ferrugineu fasciala ; femora 

 fusco villata ; femora postica intus rufa ; tibiw posticce rufcB ; alee 

 anticce fuscce, postice lulescentes ; alee postica diaphance, luleo 

 venoscB. 

 Female. Pale luteous, slender, nearly cylindrical. Head and pro- 

 thorax finely punctured, with two broad blackish stripes which include 

 some pale luteous marks and are continued along the sides of the hinder 

 pectus. Head in front of the eyes forming an elongated cone, which is 

 much excavated on each side and has a small excavation beneath between 

 the antennaj; front mostly blackish, with four slight elevated lines. 

 Eyes fawn-ciiloiir, elliptical, oblique, slightly prominent, approximate 

 above. Antemise tawny, lanceolate, much longer than the head and the 

 prothorax together; joints near the base slightly dilated. Prothorax with 

 three transverse impressed lines; fore border slightly truncated; hind 

 border slightly rounded. Prosternum with a protuberance which is armed 

 with two small obtuse teeth. Abdomen with a broad abbreviated ferru- 

 ginous band on each segment. Legs slender ; femora striped with brown ; 

 hind femora bri;^hl red on the inner side ; four anterior libite with a few 

 very short and sleuder spines; hind tibiae red, shorter than the hind 

 femora, with two rows of stout black-tipped spines. Fore wings narrow, 

 brown, pale luteous along the hind border, extending to the tip of the abdo- 

 men. Hind wings pellucid; veins pale luteous, mostly black towards the 

 tips. Length of the body 191^ lines; expansion of the fore wings 30 

 lines, 

 a. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



37. Opomala brevitibia. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput longi-conicum, prothorace multo brevius, f route 

 subrugulosa carinis interniediis undulatis inlerruplis ; oculi fusi- 

 formes, obliqui, subprominuli ; antenme picece, subdilatatcc, capite et 

 prothorace ad unum multo longiores ; prothorax aspere punclatus, 

 unicarinatus, antice et postice rotundatus ; prosternum unidentatum ; 

 tibicE postica testacece, breviusculce ; alee cequilongce ; alee posticce 

 cinereee, nigra venosa. 



Male. Tawny, slender. Head elongate-conical, smooth, much 

 shorter above than the prothorax; part in front of the eyes elongate- 

 conical, much longer than the part behind them, keeled beneath ; front 

 slightly rugulose, with four slight keels, of which the middle pair are undu- 

 lating and interrupted. Eyes piceous, fusiform, oblique, slightly promi- 

 nent. AnlenncB piceous, lanceolate, much longer than the head and the 

 prothorax together; joiuts from the third to the tenth dilated, Prothorax 

 roughly punctured, with three slight transverse impressed lines and with a 



