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towards the tip, wbeie tlie border is serrated. Fore femora armed beneath 

 with three spines. Lciij;th of the body 13 lines. 



The dilated abdomen and other characters suflSciently distinguish it 

 from P. rufa. 



a. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



13. Panesthia lata. 



Foem. Subimago. — Nigra, fusiformis, subpimclala ; caput anticum 

 aspere punclatum, lestaceo fascialum ; prothorax sulcis duobus obli- 

 quis postice approximalis, marginibiis subrejlexis ; abdomen aspere 

 punv latum, segmenli 7i angulis acutis, ventre basi rufescenle ; alee 

 anticce ininimcB. 



Female. Pupa. — Black, fusiform, thinly and finely punctured. 

 Head extending a little beyond the prothorax, roughly punctured towards 

 the mouth, near which there is a testaceous band. Prothorax decreasing 

 in breadth from the hind border to the fore border, which is much reflexed ; 

 disk with two oblique furrows which converge hindward; sides slightly 

 rounded and reflexed; hind bender straight. Hind angles of the meso- 

 thorax and of the metatlxirax not elongated. Abdomen roughly punctured ; 

 hind angles of the seventh segment acute; underside dark red at the base. 

 Tarsal joints from the first to the fourth testaceous beneath. Fore femora 

 armed beneath with two spines. Fore wings rudimentary. Length of the 

 body 19 lines. 



Its shape distinguishes it from the allied species, and the markings of 

 the thorax are also different. 



a. ? Presented by Sir John Liddell. 



14. Panesthia morio, 



raorio. Burnt. Handb. Ent. ii. 513. 



a. Australia. 



6, c. New South Wales. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 



d. South Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 



e. Australia. Presented by the Entomological (Jlub. 

 /. ? 



15. Panesthia cribrata. 

 cribrata, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xvi. 346. 



Australia. 



16. Panesthia dilatata. 

 dilatata, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xvi. 346. 



Australia. 



Panesthia sp. '■■ ? 



a. ? 



