544 CATALOGUE OF 



B. AnteunfB 13-arliculat£B. 

 a. Caput sat magnum. 



Genus 3. PETASIA. 



Petasia, Serv. Rev. 88; Hist. Orlh. 628 — Dyctiopborus, jBru//e— Poecilo- 

 cera, Burm. 



]. Petasia spumans. 



, Roes, Ins. ii. Loc. pi. 6, f. 1 — Gryllus (Locusta) pupa. Stall, 



Saut. et Grill, pi. 6 b. f. 20 — Dictyophoius spumans, Thunh. Mem. 

 Acad. Imp. St. Pel. vii. 258 — Petasia cruentata, Serv. Rev. 88; Hist. 

 Orth. 630, pi. 14, f. 5 — Petasia olivacea, Serv. Rev. 88 — Poecilocera 

 spumans, Burm. Handb. Ent, ii. 621 — Poecilocera olivacea, Burm. 

 Handb. Ent. ii. 622. 



a. Cono;o. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 h — e. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 

 g — i. Cape. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 

 k. South Africa. From Mr. Bartlett's collection. 

 /. Cape. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



2. Petasia papillosa. 



Dictyophorus papillosus, Thunb. Mem. Acad. Imp. St. Pet. vii. 248 — 

 Poecilocera papillosa, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 622. 



Cape. 



3. Petasia laticincta. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; caput antice conicum ; antenna: nigra;, fere fili- 

 formes ; prothorax aspere luberculatus et scaber ; abdomen subcarina- 

 tum, segmentis rufo-fascialis ; ala anticce slriga costali nigra 

 lanceolata ; alee posticce coccinete, nigro late marginatoi. 



Male. Ferruginous. Head conical and furrowed in front of the 

 eyes, black about the mouth ; front with two approxin)ate keels which 

 diverge and become obsolete towards the mouth. Eyes piceous, oblique, 

 elliptical. Aulennce black, flat, nearly filiform, rather shorter than the 

 dorsum of the prothorax. Prothorax roughly tuberculated and scabrous, 

 with two transverse impressed lines; fore border slightly rouuded ; hind 

 border more rounded. Prosiernum with a stout erect spine. Abdomen 

 slightly keeled, with a red band on the hind border of each segment. Four 

 anterior tibiae with minute spines on each side towards the tips; hind tibias 

 with two rows of short stout spines. Fore wings with a black lanceolate 

 costal streak, rounded at the tips; costa slightly rounded. Hind wings 

 crimson, with a broad black border. Length of the body 23 lines; expan- 

 sion of the fore wings 35 lines. 



a. Congo. 



