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the tip is much dilated and occupies the whole breadth; supra-anal lamiua 

 notched. Cevci fusiform, with a piceous streak on the upper side, Legs 

 thick, short; femora and tibiae striped with black. Wiugs a little shorter 

 than the abdomen. Fore wings corneous, mottled with brown ; covered 

 part (if the right wing brown, coriaceous ; costa slightly rounded. Hind 

 wings brown, semicoriaceuus ; costal space cinereous, speckled with brown. 

 Length of the body 13 lines; of the wings 22 lines. 



Sarawak. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Epilampra adusta. 

 Foem. Testacea, plana, longi-ovata ; caput prolhoracem non superans, 

 playis diiabus anticis nigris ; oculi invicem remoti ; prothorax tuber- 

 culatus, inaryine antico inciso, margine posiico fere redo, plaga magna 

 fuxcescente subquadraLa anlive incisa el ulriwjuenigficante ; abdomen 

 latum, subtus n'ujricante biviltatum ; pedes robusti, breves ; ala: anticte 

 coriucece, abdominis apicem vix ailingentes, lituris pallidis fuscisque ; 

 alfe posticcB cinerea. 

 Female. Testaceous, flat, elongate-oval, dull above, shining beneath. 

 Head nut extending beyond the prothorax; a black patch on the front aud 

 another on the face. Eyes black, wide apart. Prothorax tuberculate, 

 rather longer than half its breadth, notched behind the head; sides 

 rounded ; hind border nearly straight; a large brownish subquadrate patch 

 extending to the hind border, notched in front, where it is blackish on each 

 side. Scutellura with a blackish mark on each side. Abdomen much 

 broader than the thorax; underside with two curved blackish stripes which 

 are connected near the tip ; supra-aual lamina bilobed. Legs stout, short; 

 femora with short spines. Wings hardly extending to the lip of the abdo- 

 men. Fore wings coriaceous, varied with pale brown and with some pale 

 testaceous spots which are partly bordered with brown, and thus having a 

 resemblance to the plumage of a pheasant; costa slightly rounded. Hind 

 wings cinereous. Length of the body JO lines ;^of the wings 18 lines. "/'e-v^ 



This species differs still more than E. varia from the typical fonn of 

 Epilampra, and the two following species are still more aberrant. 



Sarawak. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Epilampba basifera. 

 Mas. Testacea, fusiformis ; oculi invicem sat remoti; antennce fulv<£, 

 corpore breviores ; prothorax semicirculnris, subtuberculatus, sub- 

 hyalinus, caput longe superans; margine antico non iruncato, 

 margine posiico vix totundalo ; cerci breviusculi ; pedes robusti, sat 

 breves ; aim anticce coriacea, dense punctata, fusco notatce, abdomen 

 superanles, trunco humerali basijlavo ; ulce posticce cinerece. 



Male. Testaceous, fusiform, slightly shining above, more shining 

 beneath. Head-smooth. Eyes black, rather wide apart. Antenme tawny, 

 shorter than the body. Prothorax nearly semicircular, extending much 

 beyond the head, thinly and minutely tuberculate, slightly hyaline ; 

 tubercles darker than the ground hue; fore border not truncated; hind 

 border hardly rounded, accompanied with short longitudinal ridges. 



