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17. Epacromia aspera. 



Mas. Ferntginea,sublus testacea ; caput et prothorax tuberculata ; caput 



breve, fastig 10 sulcisque lateralibus Iriangularibus ; prothorax margine 



postico subproducto subangulato ; femora postica inlus vitta lata 



fasciaque nigris ; tibite poslica nigro bifasciata: ; alee anticce cinerece, 



spatio basalt guttisque marginalibus exlerioribus fuscis; ala postica 



cinerecB, apice subobscuriores. 



Male. Ferruginous, testaceous beneath. Head and prothorax tuber- 



culale. Head short; tip of the front depressed, triangular ; lateral furrows 



broad, triangular; front erect, with four strongly-marked diverging keels; 



inner keels continued to the lip of the vertex. Antennae black, filiform, 



tawny towards the base, as long as the head and the prothorax together. 



Prothorax with a distinct middle keel, which is deeply interrupted by the 



transverse furrows; lateral keels apparent near the hind border, which is 



slightly elongated and angular. Hind femora a little longer than the 



abdomen, black on the inner side except towards the tips, where there is a 



black band. Hind tibiae with two black bands; spines with black tips. 



Fore wings cinereous, brown towards the base and with brown dots along 



the exterior part of the costa and of the hind border. Hind wings cinereous, 



slightly darker about the tips; veins black, whitish at the base and along 



the interior border. Length of the body 9 lines; expansion of the fore 



wings 20 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Capt. Eeid's collection. 



18. Epacromia turpis. 



Mas. Ferruginea, caput et prothorax subtuberculata ; caput breve, 



fastigio ' longi-conico antice coarctato, svlcis lateralibus triangulari- 



hus; anlenna nigricante fascials, capite et prothorace ad umtm 



longiores ; prothorax brevis, margine postico producto angulalo ; 



femora postica intus nigra; tibicB posticce nigra!, albo bifasctalce ; 



aloe anticce cinerea,fusco biplagiaice, guttis marginalibus extenoribus 



fuscescentibtis et cinerascentibus ; alee postica diaphanct, apice 



fuscescentes, venis basi flavis. 



Male Ferruginous. Head and prothorax slightly tuberculate. 



Head short; tip of the vertex elongate-conical, abruptly contracted in Us 



fore part; lateral furrows triangular, well defined ; front erect, with four 



stron-ly-maiked hardly-dive.ging keels: inner keels continued to the tip of 



the vertex. Antenna; filiform, with blackish hands, a little longer than the 



bead and the prothorax together. Prothorax short, with a well-dehned 



middle keel which is interrupted by the two transverse furrows; lateral 



keels apparent towards the hind border, which is elongated and angular. 



Hind femora a little longer than the abdomen, mostly black on the inner 



side Hind tibiio black, with two white bands; spines white, their tips 



black Fore wings cinereous, with two large brown patches, one extending 



to the base, the other at a little before the middle; pale brown dots and 



pale cinereous dots alternately along the apical part of the costa and o the 



interior border. Hind wings pellucid, brownish at the tips; veins black, 



