y6 CATALOGUE OF 



far apart. Antennae Itlatk, ])iceoiis at tlie 1>asc, liardly Lalf tlie length of 

 llio liody ; third, fourth and fifih joints, and four joints at two-thirds of the 

 length hileous. Prothorax seniihyaiiiie, pale testaceous, thickly and 

 minutely punctured, with two hmad short irregular piceous stripes; fore 

 pait slijjhily hooded; sides and hind horder dilated and indistinctly 

 iingular. Pectus and ventral segments tawny. Lej-s tawny, stout; femorii 

 at the base and at the lips, tarsi towards the base and spines of the tibiie 

 pale testaceous. Fore wings with two pale testaceous stripes, which con- 

 verge towards each other in the disk and extend to nearly three-fouiths of 

 the length ; a broader pale testaceous costal stripe, which is widely inter- 

 rupted near the base and very widely iulerrupied beyond the middle; 

 membranous part pellucid, with pale veins. Hind wings brown, with 

 a pale testaceous subcostal stripe, which becomes costal beyond the middle. 

 Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Orizaba. From M. Salle's collection. 



Sect. 6. 



35. Panchloea tenidbuosa. 



Fcem. Picea, lata, fere elliptica, dense punctata ; caput nigrum, 

 rubra quadrimaculatum,fulvo um/asciatum, prothoracem perpaullo 

 superans ; oculi invicem approximali ; antenna corporis dimidio 

 longiores, basi riiji ; prothorax subeliiplicus, subcurul/atiis, laleribus 

 luleis subreftexis ; abdomen transverse striatum, full o marginatum, 

 apice integrum ; cerci testacei ; pedes crassi, saturate ruf, ; alcB 

 posticm luridcE,fulvo venosce, area anali obscure cinerea. 



Female. Piceous, broad, shining, nearly elliptical. Head and pro- 

 thorax thickly punctured. Head black, extending very little beyond the 

 prothorax; two deep red spots on each side between the sockets of the 

 antennae and the mouth, near which there is a tawny band ; a luteous spot 

 on each side adjoining the socket of the antenna. Eyes piceous-black, 

 tawny-bordered, narrowly separated. Antennae black, slender, moniliform, 

 minutely setulose, much shorter than the body, shining towards the base; 

 first and second joints red. Prothorax transversely subelliptical, slightly 

 hooded, luteous and slightly reflexed on each side ; fore border more 

 rounded than the hind border; lateral angles much rounded. INlesolhorax, 

 nietatliorax and abdomen black. Abdomen tawny-bordered, transversely 

 striated above, thinly punctured beneath; subanal lamina entire. Cerci 

 testaceous, broad, flat, lanceolate. Legs thick, deep red ; spines of the 

 tibia; long and stout. Fore wings coriaceous for nearly half the length 

 from the base and along the costa to three-fourths of the length ; costa 

 very slightly rounded for half the length from the base; intermediate 

 longitudinal veins complete ; transverse sectors numerous, regular. Hind 

 wings lurid; veins tawny; intermediate longitudinal veins more or less 

 abbreviated towards the base ; transverse sectors regular, not numerous, 

 whitish in the anal area, which is dark cinereous. Length of the body 

 JO5 — 12 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 



a — e. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



