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leslaceous at the base. Prolhorax much narrower in front, extremely 

 thickly blackish-speckled so as to appear dingy ; fore border slightly 

 truncated; sides rounded, slanting outward to the hind border, which is 

 elongated and is accompanied by a row of black dots. Abdomen beneath 

 with black dots on the hind borders of the segments; supra-anal lamina 

 bilobed. Cerci lanceolate, long. Legs moderately long and stout ; femora 

 with short slender spines; tibise with piceous spines. Wings extending 

 much beyond the abdomen ; tips rounded. Fore wings very thickly 

 ferruginous-speckled. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 8^ lines ; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 



o. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Salmon's collection. 



Epilampra characterosa. 



Mas. Testacea, ftisiformis ; caput prothoracem paullo super ans, fascia 

 antica nigra hidentata guttam testaceam includente ; oculi invicem 

 remoti ; antemice nigrce ; prolhorax disco nigro-consperso lituram 

 scutiformem e strigis nigris includente, margine poslico producto, 

 laleribus fere hyalinis ; abdominis dorsum nigrum, maculis laleralibus 

 testaceis angulatis, lamina supra-anali integra ; alcB anlicm fusco 

 conspersa, abdomen sat superanles, are costali subhyalina bast 

 pallidiore, striga subcostali nigra; alee posticce fuscce. 



Male. Testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending a 

 little beyond the prothorax ; a broad blsick band on the front, bidenlate on 

 the fore side and including a testaceous dot. Eyes black, wide apart. 

 Antennee black, testaceous at the base. Prolhorax much narrower in 

 front; disk black-speckled, with a scutcheon-shaped mark composed of 

 longitudinal and of oblique black streaks; fore border slightly truncated ; 

 sides nearly hyaline, slanting much outward to the hind border, which is 

 elongated. Abdomen above black, with angular testaceous spots along 

 each side; supra-anal lamina testaceous, entire. Cerci lanceolate, 

 moderately long. Legs stout, rather short; femora with rather long spines. 

 Wings extending somewhat beyond the abdomen ; tips rounded. Fore 

 wings minutely speckled with brown ; costal area slightly hyaline, paler at 

 the base; a black streak of equal length extending along the humeral 

 trunk to nearly one-fourth of the length. Hind wings brown. Length of 

 the body 8 lines; of the wings 17 lines. 



The hind part of the prothorax is much broader than in that of the 

 two preceding species. 



a. Bengal. From Mr. Vigors' collection. 



Epilampea quadrinotata. 



Foem. Pallide testacea, fusif or mis; caput prothoracem paullo svperans, 

 maculis tribus anticis angulatis alomisque nigris; oculi invicem 

 remoti; palpi a/nce picei ; antennte picece ; prothorax rufo dense 

 conspersus, guttis anticis posficisgue play iique quatiior nigris, murgine 

 postico subproducto ; abdomen matulis dorsalibus latcralihus 

 quadratis maculisque ventralibus discoidalibus nigris; alee aniicce 

 rufescente dense nebulosa;, abdomen longe siiperantes, lituris costalibus 

 et subcostalibus fuscis ; alee posticce rufescente cinerece. 



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