204 CATALOGUE OF 



longitudinal veins distinct. Hind wings cinereous ; veins pale cinereous. 

 Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



rt. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



Epilampra pandens. 



Foem. Testacea, fusiformis; caput subpunclatum, prothoracem vix 

 superans ; antenna: picece, corpore breviores ; prolhorax subiilissime 

 punctatus, antice subfornicatus, margine poslico produclo ; abdomen 

 dorso piceo basi pallidiore, ventre fuscn-consperso ; alee anticce 

 membranacece,fusco-con^pers(B, abdomen longe superantes ; alee poslicce 

 pallide cinerece,fusco venosce. 



Female. Testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head thinly 

 punctured, hardly extending beyond the prolhorax. Eyes piceous, wide 

 apart. Antennae piceous, slender, hardly setulose, testaceous at the base, 

 shorter than the body. Prolhorax thickly and very minutely punctured, 

 much narrower in (ronl; fore border slij^hlly truncated and vaulted ; sides 

 slightly rounded ; a much rounded angle on each side of the hind border, 

 which is elongated and rounded in the middle. Abdomen above piceous, 

 paler towards the base; supra-anal lamina pale testaceous, bilobed ; under 

 side speckled with brown. Cerci lanceolate, moderately long and stout, 

 not setose. Legs slender; femora armed with spines. Wings extending 

 much beyond the abdomen ; transverse sectors numerous and regular. 

 Fore wings membranous, minutely speckled with brown ; costa rounded 

 for half the length from the base; fore and hind branches of the humeral 

 vein towards the tip forked. Hind wings pale cinereous; veins tawny; 

 intercalated triangle long. Length of the body 12 lines; of the wings 



28 Hues. 



a. Philippine Tsles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Epilampra isochroma. 

 Mas. Testacea, fusiformis ; caput prothoracem non snperans, frontis 

 disco nigricante ; antenna; nigra, corpore pauUo longiorrs ; protlwrax 

 bifoveolulus, lateribus dejlexis subrcflexis, margine postico rotundato ; 

 pedes iongi, gracilcs ; ala antica subcoriacece, abdomen longe super- 

 antes; alee posticce pullidiores. 



Male. Testaceous, fusiform, most shining beneath. Head smooth, 

 not extending beyond the prolhorax; disk of the front blackish. Eyes 

 pale reddish, moderately far apart. Antenuie black, hardly selose, a little 

 longer than the body. Prolhorax transversely elliptical, with two 

 indistinct oblique furrows ; sides defltxed and slightly reflexed ; fore border 

 not truncated; hind border farming a slight and much rounded angle. 

 Abdomen with distinct slender styles. Cerci long, lanceolate. Legs long, 

 slender; femora setose. Wings extending much beyond the abdomen. 

 Fore wings somewhat coriaceous ; costa slightly rounded for more than 

 half the length from the base; transverse sectors numerous in the costal 

 area as well as in the discoidal area. Hind win^s a little paler and more 

 hyaline than the fore wings. Length of the body \0\ lines; of the wings 



29 lines. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



