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4. Ledra gibba. 



Testacea ; caput quadricarinatum, postice nigro marginatum^ sub' 

 tus nigrum testaceo trivittatum ; scutum nigro varium, bicris- 

 tatum ; scutellum apice subgibhtm ; pectus nigrum, lateribus 

 testaceis ; abdomen rufum, subtus nigrum testaceo fasciatum ; 

 pedes rufo guttati ; al<s anticce sublimpidce, basi ferruginece, 

 ad costam piceo unimaculatce ; alee posticce limpidce. 



Testaceous : head not broader than the chest, very slightly 

 arched, somewhat obtusely angular on the fore border and on each 

 side, black, and very slightly concave on the hind border, with four 

 irregular ridges, two on each side diverging from the hind border ; 

 its length full half its breadth ; underside black, wiih three pale tes- 

 taceous stripes : shield very slightly convex alonji the fore border, 

 marked here and there with black, armed with two very high coni- 

 cal slightly diverging and inclined backward crests, whose height is 

 not much less than their length; scutcheon slightly gibbous towards 

 the tip : breast black ; sides mostly testaceous : abdomen red above, 

 black beneath, with a testaceous band on the hind border of each 

 segment: legs pale testaceous, dotted with red; shanks with a few 

 pitchy tubercles : fore-wings almost colourless, punctured and pale 

 ferruginous towards the base, with a large pitchy spot beyond the 

 middle of the fore border ; veins ferruginous, strongly marked : 

 hind-wings colourless. Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Wood's collection. 



5. Ledra dilatata. 



Testacea, ferrugineo tuberculata ; caput tricarinatum ; scutum 

 convexum, quinquecarinatum, fasciatum, transverse foveola- 

 tum ; scutellum apice gibbum bicristatum ; abdomen supra 

 rufum; tibice subdilatatce, ciliatcB; ala antica albidce, venis 

 basi piceo tuberculatis ; alee posticce limpidce. 



Testaceous, paler beneath : head and chest beset with ferrugi- 

 nous tubercles : head broader than the chest, very slightly arched, 

 almost semicircular on the fore border, somewhat angular on each 

 side, very slightly concave on the hind border, with three slight 

 ridges, the side pair short and oblique ; its length hardly half its 

 breadth : shield convex on the disk, furrowed across, very slightly 

 convex along the fore border, with a pale band in the disk, which 



