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fourlb ; fifib very much longer than the third. Aiitennae slender. Pro- 

 thorax wiih two transverse furrows, the hinder one anjjuiar; sides slig:htly 

 rounded ; hind border straight, slij^hlly notched on each side. Sheaths of 

 the oviduct broad, much curved, a little shorter than the ahdoinen, serrated 

 towards the tip beneath and for half the length from the tip above. Legs 

 ver\' slender; hind femora incra^sated towards the base, with a few minute 

 spines beneath like those of the four anterior tibite ; bind tibicE with many 

 minute spines in four rows. Winys extending a little beyond the abdomen. 

 Fore wings thickly and irregularly reticulated, a little longer than the hind 

 wings. 



This genus may be distinguished by the much more prominent rim 

 round Ibe insertion of tbe aoiennas and by the wings from Odontura, with 

 which it agrees in the structure of the sheaths of the oviduct. 



1. Ladnea. punctipes. 



Foem. Pallide ochravea, subtua Jiavescens ; caput et proihorax ferruginpo 

 lute uiiivillata ; labrum album ; antenna niyro anuulata, basi rufo 

 varicE ; pedes rufo aut nigro conspersi; alcB poslicce diaphana, rufes- 

 cenie venosce. 



Female. Pale ochraeeous, yellowish beneath. Head and prothorax 

 with a broad ferruginous stripe. Labrum white. Antennae with black 

 rings; first and second joints partly red. Femora and four anterior tibice 

 speckled with red or with black. Hind wings pellucid; veins reddish. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; expansion of the lore wings 15 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



Genus 64. LANCIANA. 



Mas. Corpus robnstnm, Iseve. Caput prothorace paullo latins, inter 

 antennas subcarinatum ; frons perparum obliqua; labrum breve, latum. 

 Oculi parvi, globosi, fere roiundi. Palporum articulns 3us 4o multo 

 longior; 5us subclavatus, 4o paullo longior. Antenna basi ap|)roximataB, 

 corpore plus duplo longiores. Prothorax transverse bisulcatus, lateribus 

 fere rectis postice rotundatis, margine postico subrotundato. Abdnmen 

 subcompressum, prothorace plus duplo loniiius ; sexualia minima. Pedes 

 sat graciles, femoribus posticis snbtus spinulosis, genubus posticis calcaratis, 

 tibiis quatuor anterioril)Us biseriatim spinulosis, tibiis posticis quadri- 

 seriatim spinulosis. Alap anticae coriaceae, venis transversis plnrimis, 

 inordinatis, margine interiore basi dilatalo, tympauo parvo. Aiae posticEB 

 amplge, paullo breviores. 



Male. Body stout, smooth. Head a little broader than the pro- 

 thorax ; fore part shining; a short porrect keel between the antennae, 

 rounded in front; front very slightly oblique; labrum short, broad. Eyes 

 small, prominent, nearly round. Third joint of the maxillary palpi much 

 shorter than the fourth ; fifth subclavate, a little longer than the fourth. 

 Antennae approximate at the base, more than twice the length of the body. 

 Prothorax with two slight transverse furrows, the fore one slightly curved; 

 sides nearly straight, rounded hindward ; hind border slightly rounded. 

 Abdomen slightly compressed, more than twice the length of the pro- 

 thorax; apical appendages very small. Cerci moderately long. liPgs 



