768 CATALOGUE OF 



Africa. 



5. Epacromia quadrimaculata. 



Acridium (CEdipoda) 4-maculatum, Haan, Verz. Gesch. Ned, Ind. Bez, 

 Ins. 162, pi. 21, f. 10. 



E. 4-macuIata appears to be a variety of the species here recorded, 

 which is very changeable as to colour and markings ; some of the variations 

 are as follows: — 



3Iale and female. Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head wilh a whitish 

 streak in the middle, and on each side wilh an oblique whitish streak which 

 joins an exterior blackish stripe; tip of the vertex depressed, conical; 

 lateral furrows lanceolate; front sli^rhlly oblique, with the usual structure. 

 Antennae brown towards the tips. Prothorax with three slight keels ; the 

 lateral keels in some cases testaceous, diverging hindward, intersecting two 

 brown stripes that are partly bordered with black ; hind border rounded. 

 Hind femora longer than the abdomen, wilh two black patches on the inner 

 side. Hind tibiae whitish, with a glaucous band before the middle, red 

 towards the tips. Fore wings with two whitish costal patches; exterior 

 costal space cinereous, accompanied by some cinereous dots and including 

 some brown dots; costa slightly rounded near the base. Hind wings 

 slightly cinereous, brownish about the lips; veins black, whitish or pale 

 yellow at the base and along the interior border. Var. (3. — Prothorax with 

 a green mark on each side. Fore wings wilh two or three green subcostal 

 marks near the base. Var y. — Pale marks on the head and on the pro- 

 thorax obsolete. Abdomen with a dorsal stripe of brown spots. Var. 8. — 

 Body wholly testaceous, except a brown streak on each side between the 

 hind border of the eye and the second transverse furrow of ihe prothorax. 

 Fore wings pellucid, testaceous towards the base; a green costal streak, 

 accompanied by some brown marks. Hind wings not brown at the tips. 

 Var. I. — Hind tibiae not red towards llie lips. Costal patches of the fore 

 wings divided into dots. Var. f. — Like Var. b. Body without streaks. 

 Head, prothorax and hind femora red above. Hind tibiae wholly testaceous. 

 Var, T). — Head and prothorax green, wilh a slender black streak on each 

 side and with a testaceous dorsal stripe. Hind femora green above. Fore 

 wings as in Var. S. Var. 6. — Like Var. ij. Head and prothorax without a 

 dorsal stripe. Hind tibiae blue, a brown whitish band near the base, with 

 a whitish band on each side of it. Var. i. — Like Var. 6. Head and pro- 

 thorax tawny, wilh two broad blackish stripes; prothorax with iwo exterior 

 blackish patches, each of which includes two pale dots. Var. x. — Hind 

 tibiae blue, whitish towards the base. Fore wings towards the lips dark 

 brown, wilh some whitish patches. 



fl, b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



c, d. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



e. Cape Town. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq. 



/. Mauritius. From Dr. Beke's collection. 



g. Natal. From M. Gueiiizius' collection. 



A. Madagascar. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection, 



i. Sandwich Isles. From Capt. Beechey's colleciion. 



