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witli some small black spots : back of the abdomen ferruginous ; 

 hind borders of the segments whitish ; underside yellow with a 

 darker border : legs testaceous, with some darker stripes ; hind- 

 thighs and hind-shanks yellow : fore-wings lurid: veins black: hind- 

 wings grayish. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 5^ liues. 

 a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



47. Bythoscopus obsoletus. 



Pallide viridis ; scutellum aniice nigro bimaculatum ; alec anticce 

 suhlimpidce ; alee posticcE alhidce. 



Pale green: head short, as broad as the chest, slightly convex 

 in front, slightly concave along the hind border ; crown equally long 

 across the whole breadth, which is about four times the length ; face 

 conical, slightly streaked on each side ; epistoma widening towards 

 the mouth : shield slightly convex along the fore border, almost 

 straight behind ; scutcheon with a triangular black spot on each 

 side of the fore border : oviduct yellowish green ; fore-wings almost 

 colourless; veins pale green: hind-wings whitish, iridescent. Length 

 of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Hudson's Bay. Presented by G. Barnston, Esq. 



48. Bythoscopus africanus. 



j^neo-testaceus ; caput nigro varium ; scuti discus nigricans ; ab- 

 domen supra nigrum ; alee limpidce. 



Pale testaceous, with a slight brassy tinge : head short, full as 

 broad as the chest ; crown with a black band and a transverse fur- 

 row, much rounded in front, slightly concave along the hind border ; 

 its length in the middle about half its breadth, excluding the eyes ; 

 face flat, with a black stripe, and on each side with a row of slightly 

 oblique black bands ; side borders black ; epistoma with two black 

 spots adjoining the face, and with three slight keels, the side pair 

 each accompanied by a pitchy stripe : disk of the shield slightly 

 blackish ; scutcheon with a transverse semicircular suture : back of 

 the abdomen with a black disk ; underside blackish on each side 

 towards the base ; two black spots on the hind border of the last 

 segment ; valves of the oviduct very long ; wings colourless ; veins 

 testaceous. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 4| lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



