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33. Panchlora costalis. 



Ftem. Tesfacea, plana, glabra, fusiformis ; caput prothoracem perpaullo 

 superans ; anleiincB picete, corporis dimidio longiores ; prothorax 

 pallide iestaceus, macula picea maxima subguadrata angulis anlicis 

 aculis posticis rolundalis ; abdomen apice integrum ; pedes breves, 

 robusti ; aim anLiccB picecc, abdomen non superantes, spatio exteriore 

 oblique cinereo-hyalino, area costali lata pallide testacea, trunco 

 humerali nigricante ; alee posticce pellucidce, striga costali postmedia 

 ochracea, venis albidis. 



Female. Teslaceous, flat, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extend- 

 iug very little beyond the prothorax ; face piceous. Eyes piceous, wide 

 apart. Antennae piceous, more than half the length of the l)0(iy. Prothorax 

 pale teslaceous; lore border truncated; sides dilated, much rounded; hind 

 border angular, extending over the scutellum ; disk wholly occupied by a 

 subquadrate piceous mark, which is slightly broader behind than before and 

 has slightly rounded sides and acute fore angles and much rounded hind 

 angles. Abdomen with an entire and rounded subanal lamina. Cerci 

 lanceolate, rather long, slightly curved. Legs short, stout ; spines of the 

 tibiae long, slender. Wings not extending beyond the abdomen. Fore 

 wings piceous, slightly hyaline, pale cinereous and hyaline outward from 

 one-ihird of the length of the hind border and from three-fourths of the 

 length of the costa ; hind border cinereous aud hyaline at the base and in 

 the left wing wholly cinereous; costal area broad, pale testaceous; costa 

 rounded along half the length from the base; humeral trunk blackish; 

 intermediate longitudinal veins indistinct; transverse sectors rather 

 numerous, more regular in the right wing than in the left one. Hind wings 

 pellucid, with an ochraceous streak along the outer part of the costa ; this 

 streak is blackish when viewed against the light; veins whitish ; vitreous 

 area with transverse sectors; discoidal area narrow, with transverse sectors 

 on its outer part; anal area broad, with numerous and regular transverse 

 sectors. Length of the body 6^ lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



The colour of the fore wings of this species distinguishes it clearly from 

 P. africana. 



a. West Africa. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



Sect. 5. 

 34. Panchlora tripartita. 

 Foem. Picea, fusiformis ; caput pallide testaceum, prothoracem paullo 

 superans, margine antico pieeo ; antennce nigrce, luteo bifascialcB, 

 corporis dimidio tion longiores ; prothorax pallide teslaceus, semi- 

 hyalinus, dense punctatus, piceo bivittatus, margine postico siibangu- 

 lato ; pectus et venter fulva ; pedes fulvi, robusti, femoribus busi 

 apiceque spinisque pallide testaceis ; alee anlica; vittis tribus pallide 

 testaceis, la costali interrvpta, spatio exteriore pellucido ; ala postica 

 fuscce, villa anlica pallide leslacea. 

 Female. Piceous, fusiform, nearly flat. Head pale testaceous, smooth, 

 shining, extending a little beyond the prothorax, impressed between the 

 sockets of the anlennte, piceous towards the mouth. Eyes black, moderately 



