1873.] 107 



LiBUKNIA SCUTELLATA, SJ). H. 



Developed form. 



^ . Dusky testaceous. Sciitellum at the base with a black spot 

 on each side of the ceutral keel, beyond the side keels eutii-ely black. 



Head dusky testaceous, longer than broad ; crown slightly widening from the base 

 to the anterior margin, keels paler than the disc, acute, prominent ; central 

 keel imperceptible on the anterior margin ; anterior triangular fovea small, the 

 two basal foveae large, deep. Fare dusky testaceous, keels paler than the disc, 

 central keel almost imperceptible on the frons. Antennce- dusky testaceous. 



Thorax : pronotmn dusky testrfceous, keels paler tlian the disc, the latter posteriorly 

 iuchned to pale fuscous, and in the middle with a small distinct puncture on 

 each side of the central keel ; sides, exterior to the keels, piceous ; behind each 

 eye, and adjoining the very narrowly white posterior margin, are four minute 

 whitish spots, the inner one slightly remote from the other three, which are 

 •close together. Scutellmn pale brownish-yellow, darker in the middle on each 

 side of the central keel, on either side of which at the base is a black spot ; 

 disc, to within a short distance of the apex, convex, beyond the side keels black, 

 side margins brownish-yeUow. Elytra clear, transparent ; nerves dusky testa- 

 ceous, inclined to fuscous towards the apex, not granulated ; marginal nerve 

 from the apex of the clavus round to in a line with the same on the anterior 

 margin, black. Legs fuscous ; thighs dark fuscous, paler at the apex ; tihicB — 

 3rd pair dusky testaceous, outer margin and apex paler ; tarsi — 3rd pair fuscous 

 grey, apex of the 3ixl joint and daws black. 



Abdomen above, black ; beneath black, posterior margin of the two last segments 

 very narrowly yellow ; last genital segment and styloid processes black, the 

 latter somewhat bill-hook shaped at the apex. Length, I5 line. 



In the shape of the head, somewhat like the developed form of L. 

 le2)fosoma ; apparently belonging to the same section as, but much 

 more slender than, that species. The large A-shaped character formed 

 by the posterior margin of the head and the converging side keels, 

 the markings on the pronotum, and the form of the styloid processes, 

 separate it from all other species with which I am acquainted. 



Taken by the Eev. T. A. Marshall at Darenth, but the time of 

 capture not known. 



Lee : September, 1873. 



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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF EXOTIC ItlLO PALO CERA. 

 BY THE REV. E. P. MURRAY, M.A. 



Lyc^na Phckbe, sp. n. 

 Male purplish-blue, with a somewhat narrow brown border to the 

 hind margins, and on the posterior wings to the costa also. Female 



