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longer than the body; costa slightly rounded. Hind wings pellucid, nearly 

 as long as the fore wings. Length of the body 14 lines; expansion of the 

 hind wings 48 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Salmon's collection. 



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PsEUDOPHYLLUS NIGROSTRIGATUS. 



Fcem. Teslaceus, caput subscabrum, fastigio truncato inciso ; oculi 

 rufescentes, subpeliolali, valde prominuli, basi lestacei ; prolhoracis 

 margines lalerales nigris strigati ; ovi ductus valde aculeatus, abdomine 

 triplo brevior ; tibia postiecE triseriatim spinoscp ; alee anticce abdo- 

 mine plus duplo longiores, areolis paucis maximis. 



Female. Testaceous. Head short, slightly scabrous, a little narrower 

 than the fore border of the prothorax ; an elevated transverse ridge between 

 the eyes, notched in the middle; front erect. Eyes very prominent, slightly 

 petiolated, reddish, except towards the base. Antennas very slender, about 

 twice the length of the body. Prothorax scabrous, flat above, with three 

 well-defined transverse impressed lines ; fore border slightly rounded ; 

 hind border much rounded ; sides very slightly concave, accompanied by a 

 black stripe, which widens hindward. Prosternum with two long slender 

 lanceolate diverging spines. Oviduct much curved, about one-third of the 

 length of the abdomen. Hind femora as long as the abdomen, with five 

 minute black-tipped spines on each side beneath ; hind tibiae as long as 

 the bind femora, with minute black-tipped spines along each of the three 

 keels; four anterior femora and tibiae with a few very minute spines. 

 Wings a little more than twice the length of the abdomen. Fore wings 

 with extremely small areolels, and with a few very large primary areolets, 

 of which one in the disk is heptagonal, most of the others extend to the 

 hind border or to the subcostal vein ; space between the subcostal vein and 

 the costa with irregular ramifying veius. Hind wings pellucid, with pale 

 testaceous veins. Length of the body 16 lines; expansion of the fore 

 wings 48 lines. 



a. Vavou, Pacific Ocean. Presented by J. Brenchley, Esq. 



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Apeion curviferum. 



Fcem. Pallide lestaceum, gracile ; caput parvum, fastigio porrecio 

 lanceolalo sulcato ; prothorax unicarinatus, subtuberculalus, margine 

 postico producto vix angulalo ; vagina subarcuala, apice picea, abdo- 

 mine paullo longior ; ala? antica corpore valde longiores, costa 

 rolundala ; ala posticm diaphanw. 



Female. Pale testaceous, slender. Head narrower tban the prothorax ; 

 tip of the vertex forming a porrect furrowed spine ; front very oblique. 

 Eyes brown, round, prominent. Prothorax very minutely tuberculated, 

 with a distinct keel, and with three well-defined transverse impressed lines, 

 of which the hind one is interrupted ; fore border arched ; hind border 

 elongated, hardly angular. Sheath of the oviduct slightly curved, piceous 

 at the tip, a little longer than the abdomen. Legs in structure like those 



