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feniij^iiioiis speckles, and will) some ft'i'iii^iiious patches; costal avan 

 (lil.iled; costa lumided except towards ihe tip. Hind wiuj^s pale cinereous, 

 b])eckled with blown about the lips and along the cosla, where lliey are 

 Imvny ; veins pale testaceous. Lcngih of ibe body li) lines; of the wings 

 48 lines. 



Nearly allied to E. amplipennis, from which it may be disiinuuished 

 by the pale smooth sides of the prolhoiax, which are less dilated. The 

 lips of the fore wings are more truncated. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 

 6. (Jeylon. From Dr. Thwaites' colleciion. 



^eyl 



EhII.AMPBA I'OtYSIMLA. 



Mas. Testacea, fusiformis ; caput nigra vilbilum ; ocnli invicem snl 

 remoii ; prol/wrax suOeUiplicus, caput pnul/i) superaus, (/uitis 

 plurimis, macuUs tribus viayuis pLujuqae niyrii, marglne aiitico 

 subfurnicato, uiargine poslico suhrntundnto ; ubdomni supra piceuin, 

 subtus Ttigro conspersuui, lamina supru-anuli intisa ; ata apive 

 roLundaloo, abdomen lonye supcranles ; alee anlicce fusco dense con- 

 sperscB ; alee poslicm fenuginece. 



Mole. Testaceous, fusifnrin, convex, sinoolh, shining. Head with a 

 broad black stripe which extends from the lore part of ihe vertex to the 

 fore part of the late, and emus a curved line on eacli side in front of the 

 socket of the aiitennte. Eyes piceoiis, iiioderattly wide apan. Anleiinie 

 black, tawny ai. the base, as long as the boiiy. Prothoiax txtending a 

 little beyond the bead, traubversely subellijitical, with numerous black spots 

 and dots of various size ; a large black patch on the hind part with three 

 large ei. ugated black sjiots in Iroiii of it, ihe two lateral s[)ots transverhe, 

 the middle one longitudinal ; space in front of these sjiots slightly vaulted 

 in the middle and slightly conve.\ on each side; hind border much less 

 rounded than the fore border. Abdomen mostly piceous above ; under 

 side thickly speckled with black ; supra-anal lamina noiched. Legs lawny, 

 stout ; arolia lar^e. Wings extending much beyond the abdomen ; tijis 

 rounded. Fore wings coriaceous, very thickly and minutely punutiueil, 

 tiiickly speckled with dark biown marks of various size ; a daik brown 

 sireak along the humeral trunk ; covered jiart ot the right wing fenuginons, 

 not speckled. Hind wings lerruginous. Length ol the body 21 lines ; of 

 the wings 48 lines. 



Singapore. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



El'lLAMPRA SINENSIS. 



Fuum. Ferruginra, fusiformis, subtus fulva; caput latiuscnluni, prot/io- 

 ruvvm paullo superuns ; antenna picecc, corpore patillo lungiores ; 

 protkiirax disco piceo, laleribua vix re/lexis, margine poslico producto ; 

 lamina sitpru-anaiis divisu ; cerci picei, graciles ; pedes validi j uLc 

 anticcE coriucea, fusco cons/ierscE el pluijialce, abdomen longe .suprr- 

 anles ; costn subrolundala ; al(B posticce nigricante cinerecc. Var. ^. 

 — Obscurior ; cerci nigri ; ulte aniicie picece, poslicce nigricantes. 



Female. Feriuginous, fusiform, smooth, shining, lauiiy beneath. 

 Head lulhur broad, extending a little beyond the prolhorax ; sockets of the 



