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bro\vn part there is a tinge of white ; veins tawny, brown towards 

 the tips. Length of the body 10 — 12 lines; of the wings 31 — 37 

 lines. 



a. India. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



b, c. N. BengaL From Miss Campbell's collection. 

 d. N. India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 

 e,g. India. 



7. OXYPLEURA SUBRUFA, Fem. 



Nerims transversits I us fere rectus, valde obliqiius, anguluni perob- 

 tusiimfinyeiis^ 2o fere triplo ejus longiiudine divisus \ 2us fere 

 rechis, obliquus, angulum perohtusum jinyens, \o fere duplo 

 longior ; ^us rectus^ obliquus, angidwn atutuin fingens • 4us 

 subcurvus, obliquus, angulum a cutum fingens, 3<9 multb brevior. 



Second marginal areolet full as long as the first: first cross- 

 vein nearly straight, very slanting, forming an extremely obtuse 

 angle, parted from the second by nearly thrice its length ; second 

 nearly straight, slanting, forming an extremely obtuse angle, almost 

 twice the length of the first ; third straight, slanting, forming an 

 acute angle ; fourth straight with the exception of a slight curve 

 near its fore-end, slanting, forming an acute angle, much shorter 

 than the third ; fifth curved, forming a slightly acute angle. Body 

 tawny : head and fore-chest very broad : head a little narrower 

 than the fore-chest, adorned with two black stripes, the fore one 

 forming a circlet on the face which is slightly convex, and is 

 adorned in front with a row of black bands on each side; mouth 

 tawny with a black tip reaching the hind hips : eyes not prominent : 

 feelers black : fore-chest broadest in the middle ; scutcheon adorned 

 with two black marks on each side ; hind-scutcheon pale tawny, 

 widened, pitchy, and forming a very obtuse angle on each side ; 

 scutcheon of the middle chest adorned with four black marks, the 

 side pair large and obconical, the inner pair smaller and nearly 

 round ; a black dot behind each of the latter ; hind border very 

 slightly excavated : abdomen punctured, obconical, narrower and 

 a little longer than the chest, hind borders of the segments and tip 

 mostly black : legs tawny, clothed with pale hairs ; claws pale 

 tawny with black tips : iore-wings colourless ; one-third of the 

 length from the base brown with a broad white baud ; the colour- 

 less part includes a brown band, its cross-veins are clouded with 

 brown, and there are two imperfect rows of brown dots on the tips 

 of the longitudinal veins of the marginal areolets; hind-wings 

 brown, tawny at the base, adorned with a broad interrupted white 



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