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6. Panesthfa PLAOTATA. 

 Panesthia plagiata, Wlk. Ann. Nat. Hist. Third Series, iv. 220. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



b, c, Ceylon. From Mr. Thwaiies' collection. 



d. Ceyloi). From Mr. Layard's collection. 



e. Ceylon. Presented by Major Parry. 

 f,g. Ceylon. Presented by F. Moore, Esq. 



7. Panesthta eegalis. 



Mas et foem. Nigra, ampere pwiclala ; caput subpunctatum, vertice 

 excavato ; antcnnte luleo vnifasvialce ; prothoracis discus- anticns 

 excavutus, tuberculis margivutus ; al(B antiva plaga basnli lutea 

 maxima ; alee poslica area aiiali nigricanle aut nigricanle cinerea. 



Male and female. Black, rongbly punctured. Head thinly and 

 minutely punctured ; vertex smooth, excavated in the middle. Antenns 

 wiih a luteous band at two-thirds of the leii}j;th. Prothorax sliofhtly 

 reflexed on each side, reflexed and truncated in front; disk in front much 

 excavated, bordered on each side and behind with larjre tubercles; lateral 

 angles much rounded; hind border hardly sinuated. Mesothorax and 

 nietathorax thinly punctured. Abdominal segments successively more 

 thickly and roughly punctured from the first to the last. Soles of the 

 tarsal joints from the first to the fourth tawny. Fore wings with a very 

 large luteous patch extending to the base in front and to the costa, and 

 nearly extending to the hind border except at the base. Anal area of the 

 hind wings blackish or blackish cinereous. Length of the body 13 — 16 

 lines; of the wings 30 — 33 lines. 



Closely allied to P. mandarina, but the patch on ihe fore wings is 

 luteous, and is much attenuated towards the bind border, which it does not 

 reach. In P. mandarina this baud is whitisii, complete and of equal 

 breadth. 



a. Silhet. From Mr. Stainfnrth's collection. 



b. Assam. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



c — d. ? From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 



8. Panesthia quadbimaculata. 

 Fcem. Nigra, longi-fusiformis ; caput anticum aspere punctatnm , ore 

 testaceo ; palpi riifescentes, apice picei ; anlennee apices versus obscure 

 rufescentes ; prothorax scite piinctutus, siilcis dunbus obliquis ruguloso- 

 marginalis postice cnnnexis ; mesothorax et metti thorax utrinqiie luteo 

 maculati ; pectus lestaceum ; abdomen aspere pnnctalum, segmenlo 7o 

 bispinoso, disco venlrali rufo, femora basi testacea. 



Female. Black, elongate-fusiform. Head smooth, extending a little 

 beyond the prothorax, rouyihly punctured towards the month, near which 

 it is testaceous. Palpi reddish, piceous towards the lips. Antennae dark red 

 towards the tips. Prothorax finely punctured, narrower in front, rounded 

 and slightly reflexed on each side, somewhat rngiilose along two deep 

 oblique furrows, which converge and .ire connected hindward. Mesothorax 



