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5. CECANTHUS VARICORN'IS. 



Mas. Pallide testaceus ; caput productum ; palpi graciles, fili/ormes ; 

 antenncE nigra unifascialce ; prothorax louiiiusculus, laleribus reeds ; 

 pedes gracillimi, libiis pnslicis biserialim, serratis el spinosis ; alcB 

 anlicte diaphatKc, latissitnce, abdomen longisniine su per ante s ; ahe 

 poslicce valde longiores. 



Male. Pale testaceous, smooth, shining. Head elongated, a little 

 narrower than ihe lore border of the prothorax. Kjes rather small, hardly 

 convex. Palpi slender, filiform ; third joint longer than the second. 

 Antennce full twice the lenjjlh of the body, black towards the base, testa- 

 ceous at the base. Prothorax narrower in front; sides straight. Legs 

 very slender; hind tibiae minutely serrated on each side and witii a few 

 short slender spines beyond the midiile. Wings pellucid. Fore wings 

 very broad, extending much beyond the abdomen; veins very jiale testa- 

 ceous; mediastinal vein with fourteen oblique branches; eij-ht near the 

 base, approxim.ite to each other; the other six remote from each other. 

 Hind wings brilli.inlly iridescent, extending much beyond the fore wings ; 

 veins white. Length of ihe body 6 lines. 



The colour of the anlennEE and the broader fore wings distinguish this 

 species from Ch\ niveus. 



a. Mexico. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



6. CECAXTHCS FORMOSCS. 



Foem. Pallide lestaceus, gracillitnus ; caput productum ; palpi gracites, 

 JUiformes ; prothorax loiigus, tateribus rix excavatis ; renter nigri- 

 cante birittalus ; oviduclus abdomine brevior ; pedes gracillimi, tibiis 

 posticis biserialim setulosis ; aUt anlicie inordinalim reticulata, nigro 

 (juadrimaculatcc, abdomen sat superantes : aUe poslicce valde longi- 

 ores. 



Female. Pale testaceous, very slender. Head elongated, rather 

 shorter than the prothorax. Eyes small, elongated, slightly prominent. 

 Palpi slender, filiform. Prothorax twice longer than broad, narrower in 

 front; sides very slightly concave. Abdomen with two blackish stripes 

 beneath. Oviduct shorter than the abdomen ; tip piceous. Legs very 

 slender; l)ind tibiae very niinuiely setulose on each side, not serrated nor 

 spinose. Fore wings extending rather beyond the abdomen, irregularly 

 reticulated above and between the branches of the mediastinal vein, which 

 are also irregular ; two black spots on each side, one pair in the middle, 

 the other nearer the base. Hind wings extending much beyond the fore 

 wings. Ltngih of the body 7i lines. 



a. Mexico. From M. Salle's colkctiou. 



7. CECANTHCS ? FLAVIPES. 



Acheta flavipes. Fair. Enl. Si/tt. ii. 30. 

 Isle St. Thomas. 



