86'2 CATALOGUE OF 



longus. Pedes graeiles, femoribus quatuor anterioribus inerrnibus, femori- 

 bus posticis tibiisque spinulosis. AIie anlicae latse, subfusiformes, alis pos- 

 ticis perpaullo breviores. 



Female. Body rather slender. Head as broad as the prothorax, with 

 a lobe on the inner side of each of the antennse and a short intermediate 

 spine; front flat, uprijjht. Eyes very prominent. Palpi slender, setulose. 

 Maxillary palpi more than twice the length of the labial; first and second 

 joints short; third much longer than the fourth; fifth subclavate, much 

 longer than the third. Tbird joint of the labial palpi nearly linear. 

 AntennfE lonjj, slender; first and second joints incrassated. Prothorax flat 

 above; lateral keels strongly defined ; fore border straight; sides much 

 rounded ; hind border slightly rounded. Sternum excavated in the middle 

 and rounded on each side in each segment. Cerci short, lanceolate. Ovi- 

 duct deep, curved, about half the length of the abdomen. I^egs slender; 

 four anterior femora unarmed ; hind femora with a few very minute spines ; 

 four anterior tibise with two rows of minute spines ; fore tibisD dilated near 

 the base; hind tibise with four rows of minute spines. Fore wings broad, 

 subfusiform, very little shorter than the hind wings; scapular and externo- 

 niedial veins contiguous, emitting on each side veins ; of these three proceed 

 rectangularly to the costa and five to the hind border, the exterior three of 

 the latter veins are slightly oblique; spaces between the veins with veinlets, 

 which form irregular mostly quadrilateral areolets. Hind wings broad. 



1. VlADANA TEANSVERSA. 



Fcem. Testaceo-viridis ; oculi fulvi, rufescente univitiati ; ala posticte 

 diaphayicE, albo venoscB. 



Female. Green, partly testaceous. Eyes tawny, with a dark reddish 

 stripe. Hind wings pellucid; veins white. Length of the body 8 lines 

 expansion of the fore wings 24 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



2. VlADANA BIN OT ATA. 



Mas. Viridis, sat robusta ; caput cannula f areata instructum, antice 

 albidum ; antennce fulvce, basi virides ; abdominis cornicula duo 

 in/era longa, cylindrica, arcualu ; aire cequilungce ; alee anticcB latius- 

 ciilce, fusiformes, macula discoidali nigra obliqiia rufescente margi- 

 nata ; alee posliccc diaphancc, plaga apicali luridi. 



Male. Green, smooth, shining, rather stout. Head with a forked keel 

 on the fore part of the vertex ; front and labrum whitish. Eyes prominent, 

 nearly round. Antennye tawny, green at the base. Prothorax with a flat 

 disk which widens hindward and has a longitudinal furrow and is bordered 

 by well-defined lateral keels; fore border hardly excavated ; sides rounded ; 

 hind border slightly rounded. Sternum notched. Cerci lanceolate, curved 

 downward ; lower appendages long, cylindrical, curved upward. Legs 

 rather slender, moderately long ; femora and four anterior tibiae with a few 

 minute spines; hind femora incrassated for more than half the length from 

 the base ; fore tibicc dilated at the base ; hind tibise with four rows of minute 

 spines. Wings of equal length. Fore wings rather broad, fusiform, with 



