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PsEUDOMOPS FISSA. 



Mas. Nigra, fusiformis ; caput fulvum, prothoracem paullo superans ; 

 oculi invicem remoli ; antenncB niyrce, albo late fasciatie, dimidio 

 basali incrassato ; prothorax jftavus, vitiis duabus niyris talis antice 

 attenuatis postice connexis ; abdomen segmentis Jiavo marginalis, 

 apice luteo ; cerci tongissimi, apice Jlavi ; pedes basi albi, tibiis 

 fidvo spinosis ; alee anticce saturate rufce, villa costali Jlava, villa 

 subcoslali apiceque niyris. 



Male. Black, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head tawny, extending 

 a liule beyond the piothorax. Eyes pale tawny, wide apart. Palpi 

 black. Aulenna? black, incrassated for half the length from the base, a 

 little longer than the body, with a white postmedial baud composed of eight 

 joints. Prothorax yellow, with two elongate triangular black stripes, which 

 are attenuated in front and extend to the fore border, and are connected 

 near the hind border, which they do not reach ; sides slightly reflexed ; 

 hind border slightly rounded. Hind borders of the abdominal segments 

 pale yellow; tip luteous. Cerci black, setose, very long, with yellow tips. 

 Legs rather slender; coxae white towards the tips; femora white towards 

 the base; spines of the tibiae tawny. Wings extending much beyond the 

 abdomen. Fore wings deep red, with a yellow costal stripe, and with a 

 black subcostal stripe which does not extend to the base; tips black. 

 Length of the body b^ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



Sumatra. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



PsEUDOMOPS PICA. 



Mas. Nigra, fusiformis ; caput prothoracem vix superans ; oculi invicem 

 remoli ; antenna dimidio basali incrassato subfasciculalo ; prothorax 

 longiusculus, bifoveolatus ; cerci longissimi ; coxce albo marginatce ; 

 alee anticce striga costali brevissima guttaque basali albis, 



Male. Black, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head hardly extending 

 beyond the prothorax. Eyes wide apart. Antennae incrassated and 

 slightly tufted except towards the tips. Prothorax elongate, with an 

 oblique furrow on each side in the disk ; hind borders slightly rounded. 

 Cerci lanceolate, very long. Legs moderately long and stout ; coxbb 

 bordered with white. Wings extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore 

 wings with a very short white costal streak near the base, and with a white 

 basal dot. Length of the body b\ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



This species agrees with the Ischnoplera in the furrows on the 

 prothorax. 

 Singapore. Sumatra. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus ELLIPSIDIUM, page 84. 

 Ellipsidium lateeale. 

 M.as. Nigra, fusiformis ; caput prothoracem perpaullo superans ; oculi 

 invicem remoli i antcnnce robusla; ; prothorax luteo marginatus ; 

 abdominis segmenta albido marginata ; cerci Jlavi, basi nigri ; coxa 



