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and metatliorax tliinly puiictiirecl, each wiih a large luleous spot on each 

 side; hind angles elongated. Pectus mostly testaceous. Al)doinen mugbly 

 ])nueUued ; liind angles of the sevcnlii segment forming Iwo acute spines ; 

 <lisk Ijeiieath red. Teiiiura towards the li.ise and coXiE teslacedus ; lai-sal 

 joints from the first to the fourth testaceous beneath. Length of the body 

 17 — 18 lines. 



a. Philippine Tsles. Presented hy J. C. Bowrlng, Esq. 



b. Philippine Isles. From Mr, Cuming's collection. 



c. Java. 



(/. Borneo. Presented by tlie Admiralty. 



9. Panestiiia passaloides. 



Mas et foem. Nigra, dense punctata; caput glahrum, anlice sub- 

 punctalum cl lestaceo fasciatuin ; anttnnce rufescentes ; proihorax 

 txravdltis, (iiniiiUs cluobns impressis obli(/vis postice approxiuialis, 

 tubcrcuhs duobus extcrioribu.i, sulcis duobus ad/iuc exterioribus ; 

 abdomen aspere piinctalum, disco ventrali rtifescenle ; alee longis- 

 simcE. 



Male and female. Black, th'ckly punctured. Head smooth; face 

 tliinly punctured, with a testaceous band near the mnnth. Joints of the 

 palpi tawny at the base. Antennae reddish, sometimes piceous towards the 

 base. Proihorax with the (ore border much reflexed and forming two 

 lobes; disk much excavated, with two elliptical impressed ringlets which 

 conveige hindward ; two tubercles and an exterior furrow on each side. 

 Abdomen roughly punctured, dark reddish in the disk beneath. Legs 

 short, very thick; tarsal joints from the first to the fourth red beneath. 

 Wings very long. Length of the body 19 lines; of the wings 50 lines. 



It is most nearly allied to P. javanica, but the prothorax is much less 

 rounded on each side and the wings are much longer. 



a, b. Ceylon. Presented by F. Moore, Esq. 

 c, d. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's collection, 

 e. Ceylon. Presented by Dr, Templeton. 



10. Panesthia necrophoroides. 



Mas. Nigra, aspere punctata ; caput subpunctatum, antice lestaceum ; 

 anlennce apices versus luteo fasciatcc ; proihorax sulco transverso valde 

 arcuato sulcuiisqiie duobus longitudinalibus, lateribus subrejiexis ; 

 a/ce antic(e luridce, spalio basali nigricante, fascia obliqua lulea 

 poslice utlcnuata fasciaqne exteriore fusca diffusa connexis ; alee 

 postica cinerccB, basi spaliogue costaii nigricantibus. 



Male. Black, roufjhly punctured. Head thinly punctured, testaceous 

 towards the mouth ; vertex smooth. Antenna; with a luteous band near 

 the lips, l^rotliorax slightly reflexed on each side and in front; disk with 

 a much curved deeply impressed line, which at each end is connected with 

 a slighter longitudinal impressed line ; sides very slightly angular. Tarsal 

 joints from the first to the fourth with tawny soles. Fore wings lurid, 

 obli<|ucly blackish towards the base; an obli(|ue luteous band along the 

 blackish part, tapering from the costa to the hind border and adjoining an 



