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Tegmina pale liyaliuc ; the basal half fuscous and semi-opaque, extending from the end of radial 

 area to a little beyond apex of interior ulnar area ; costal membrane and base— narrowly— sanguineous ; 

 wings hyaline, with their base narrowly sanguineous. 



Long. excl. tegm. 2 , 15 millim. Exp. tegm. -10 millim. 



Uab.— Continental India: Hindostan, sic (Brit.Mus.). Malayan Archipelago, Sumatra : Tandjong, 

 Morawa, Serdang (Hagen— LeydenMus.). Philippine Isles (Cuming— Brit. Mus.; Semper— Stockh. Mus.). 



Var. a, ignifera. 



Mogcmnia ignifera, Walk. List Horn, i. p. 249, n. 4 (1850) ; ibid. iv. t. 2, f. 5 (1852). 



Body and legs brownish-ochraceous ; basal opaque coloration of tegmina pale ochraceous, margined 

 with fuscous near costal margin. 



Hab.— Malayan Archipelago, Java (Argent— Brit. Mus. ; Forbes— coll. Dist.). 



Var. b, indicans. 



Moyannia indicans, Walk. List Hom. i. p. 249, u. 3 (1850); Dist. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, ser. 2,., vol. vi. 

 p. 455 (1888) ; Atkins. J. A. S. Bang. vol. liii. p. 232, n. 90 (1885). 



Mogannia hiitrionica, Uhler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Soc. PLiliid. 1862, p. 283. 



Body black or brownish ; tegmina with the basal opaque portion contaming a transverse, curved, 

 ochraceous or reddish fascia a little before its apex. 



Hab.— Continental India : Khasi Hills (Chennell— coll. Dist.) ; Margherita in Assam (Doherty— coll. 

 Dist.). Tenasseriji: Thagata (Fea— Genoa Mus.). China: Hong Kong (Bowriug— Brit. Mus.). 



Var. c, illustrata. 



Mogannia illustrata. Amy. & Serv. Hist, des Hem. p. 467, u. 1, t. 9, f. i (1813). 



Tegmina with the opaque basal area outwardly margined with fuscous, and with an apical 



ochraceous spot. 



Hab.— Malayan Archipelago: Java (Amy. & Serv.). 



Var. d. 



The opaque coloration to tegmina uniformly reddish-ochraceous, occupying nearly the whole of lower 

 apical area, and outwardly margined with fuscous ; lateral and posterior margins of pronotum also 



ochraceous. 



Hab.— Malayan Archipelago: Sumatra (coll. Dist.). 



Genus GYMXOTYMPANA. 



Gymnotywpana, Still, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ser. 4, vol. i. p. 619 (1861). 



" Corpus valde oblongum. Caput angustum, thoracis antico baud vel vix latins, fronte dimidium 

 faciei occupante. Ocelli ab oculis baud vol paulo latius quam inter se distantes. Thorax margmibus 

 lateralibus obtusis, postice subito ampliatis, limbo postico angustissimo. Tegmina areolis apicalibus octo. 

 areola basali venas duas basi sat approximatas emittente; areola ad suturam clavi apicem versus 

 angustiore; areola apicali prima secunda longioro. Tympana supra tota detecta, phcata. Opercula sat 

 magna, convexa, basi late affixa. Femora antica subtus trispinosa." 



Stal's original description of this very rare genus is here given. Only two species are 

 known, both of which are found in the eastern ishxnds of the Malayan Ai-chipelago, and by 

 the kind courtesy of Dr. Aurivillius, of the Stockholm Museum, I have been afforded an 

 opportunity of figuring typical specimens of both of thorn. Of these species only one occurs 



