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CATALOGUE OK 



20. XiPHOCERA RUKICOLA. 



ruricola, Burm. Hnndb. Ent. ii. 613. 

 Sydney. 



Var. .'' Mas. Cinerea, nigra interruple lineolata, alio tuherculata ; 

 caput anlice conicum ; antenna lanceolata, prolhorace paullo 

 longiores ; prothorax fere cylindricus, margine antico subinciso, 

 margine pnslico bisexcavalo ; pedes a/bido nolali, tibiis larsisque 

 poslicis lutein apice nigris ; alee antiae nigricunte slrigat(B ; al(e 

 posticcE nigricante venoscB. 



Male. Cinereous, tawny beneath. Head and prothorax with minute 

 white tubercles and with several interrupted and irrcj^ular black lines. 

 Head conical in front of the eyes ; front with four keels, the middle pair 

 connected on the tip of the vertex, nearly counected in the middle, diverg- 

 ing towards the mouth. Ocelli distinct, one between the middle keels, and 

 one on each sitie of tlie cone at the base. Eyes testaceous, elliptical, 

 oblique, prominent. Antenna flat, lanceolate, a little longer than the 

 prothorax. Prothorax nearly cylindrical, with three transverse impressed 

 lines; fore border slightly rounded, slightly notched in the middle; hind 

 border rounded, slightly excavated on each side. Prosternuin with a stout 

 erect spine. Femora and four anterior tibiae and tarsi with several irregular 

 dingy whitish marks ; hind tibiic and hind tarsi luteous, willi black tips; 

 spines of the hind tibia) with black tips, those on the inner side much larger 

 than those on the outer side. Fore wings with many blackish longitudinal 

 streaks of various size. Hind wings rather shorter ; veins blackish. Length 

 of the body 21 lines ; e.xpansiou of the fore wings 40 lines. 



The specimen here described is probably X. ruricola ,h\.\\. Burmeister's 

 description of that species is very short. It may be considered as the l}pe 

 of a new genus, which will include X. exempta, 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



Var.? Mas. Pallide cinerea ; caput et prothorax nigra lineolata, vittis 

 duabus nigris intertineatis ; pedes nigra varii, libiis larsisque posticis 

 luleis ; alee anticce nigricunte strigatce, apud costain basi nigricanles ; 

 al(£ postico: cinerea, apice nigricanles. 



Male. Pale cinereous, dingy whitish beneath. Head and prothorax 

 tuberculate, with several inegular black lines and with a black interlined 

 stripe on each side. Aixloujeu with a dingy whitish band on the hind 

 bonier of each segment. Four anterior legs and hind femora varied with 

 black; hind tibiae and bind tarsi luteous; spines with black tips, much 

 larger on the inner side than on the outer. Fore wings broadly blackish 

 along the base of the costa and with several blackish longitudinal streaks. 

 Hind wings cinereous, blackish about the tips. Length of the body 

 14 lines; expansion of the fore wings 28 lines. 



b. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



