190 CATALOGUE OF 



slender, shorter than the body. Pmihorax smoolh, shorter tliaii half its 

 breadth; disk with five black spots, three in front and two behind; fore 

 border truncated ; sides very slanting:; hind border very slightly rounded. 

 Abdomen and wings black, the latter extending rather beyond the former. 

 Fore wings corneous, thickly and minutely punctured, with five large 

 oblong pale testaceous spots ; first and second spots basal, with a small 

 lanceolate streak between them; first bent, connected on the hind border 

 with the third; fourth in the disk near the costa; fifth near ihe tip; 

 costa pale testaceous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Ceram. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Peosoplecta trifaria. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput prolhoracem perpaullo superans, plaga antica 

 nigricanle ; antennce picece, corpore vix breviores, basi teslacece ; 

 protlwrax nigro quadripunclalus ; alee anliae abdomen sat superantes, 

 stiigis duabus basaiibus maciUaque discoidali nigris ; aloe poslicce 

 nigi'CB. 



Male. Testaceous, oval, shining, very convex. Head extending very 

 little beyond the prolhorax ; a blackish patch on the face. Eyes black, 

 wide apart. AnlennaB piceous, very slender, testaceous towards the base, 

 nearly as long as the body. Prolhorax smoolh, shorter than half its 

 breadth ; disk with four black points, two in front and two behind, the fore 

 pair much wider apart than the hind pair; fore border truncated; sides 

 rounded and slanting; hind border hardly rouuded. Wings extending 

 rather beyond the abdomen. Fore wings corneous, thickly and minutely 

 punctured, the punctures brownish ; two black streaks proceeding fiom the 

 base, the first about four times ihe length of the second, and in front of it 

 and of a black spot in the disk. Hind wings black. Length of the body 

 3^ lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



Batchian. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Pkosoplecla megaspila. 



Mas. Testacea; caput prolhoracem perpaullo superans, facie nigra; 

 prolhorax nigro quadripunctatus ; alo: anticcE basi, slrigis duabus 

 basaiibus maculisque duabus magnis nigris ; alee postica nigrce. 



Male. Testaceous, oval, shining, very convex. Head extending 

 very little beyond the prothorax; face black. Eyes black, wide apart. 

 Prothorax in structure and markings like that of P. trifaria. Abdomen 

 black. Cerci testaceous. Fore wings thickly and minutely punctured, 

 black at the base, whence proceed two black streaks ; first streak about four 

 times the length of the second and of a very large black spot; a second 

 and equally large black spot beyond the middle ; hind border black in the 

 right wing. Hind wings black. Length ol the body 3j lines ; of the 

 wings 8 Hues. 



It may be a variety of P. trifaria. 



Batchian. In Mr. Saunders collection. 



