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black : liind-scLitclieon of the foie-cliest widened on each side into 

 a rim ; this forms an ohtiise angle whose hind side is straight, and 

 its fore side slightly convex : scutcheon of the middle-chest tinged 

 with green, adorned with four broad pitchy stripes ; inner pair short, 

 obconical, succeeded by two pitchy dots ; outer pair nearly triangu- 

 lar, with several slight pitchy streaks in front ; hind border slightly 

 excavated: abdomen nearly oval, a little longer and broader than 

 the chest : drums of moderate size, rather less than half the length 

 of the abdomen, approaching each other beneath : legs tawny ; 

 thighs and fore-shanks streaked with black ; tips of the claws black ; 

 fore-thighs armed with two long teeth : wings with a very slight 

 tawny tinge, tawny at the base ; veins green, black towards the tips ; 

 first and second cross-veins and the longitudinal vein between the 

 first and the fore border of the wing clouded with brown ; flaps 

 tawny at the base, brown along the fore border. Length of the 

 body 13 lines ; of the wings 38 lines. 



a. Jamaica. From jNIr. Gosse's collection. 



9. Zammara cuncta. Fern. 



Nervus transversns \us siibciirviis, obliqutis, angulum ohtumm fin- 

 gens, 2o quinqides ejus longitiuUne divisus ; '2us siibcurvus, 

 valde obliquus, angnlum-perobtusum fingens,\o multolongior ; 

 3us rectus, erectus, angulum oblusum Jingens ; Aus curvus, 

 obliquus, angulum obtusum Jingens, 3ofere triplo longior. 



Second marginal areolet full two-thirds of the length of the 

 first ; first cross-vein very slightly curved, slanting, forming an ob- 

 tuse angle, parted from the second by full five times its length ; 

 second slightly curved, very slanting, forming an extremely obtuse 

 angle, much longer than the first; third straight, upright, forming 

 an obtuse angle; fourth curved, slanting, forming an obtuse angle, 

 nearly thrice the length of the third ; fifth slightly curved, almost 

 upright, forming a hardly obtuse angle. Body dark tawny, paler be- 

 neath : head narrower than the fore-chest : face very slightly convex : 

 mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching the hind-hips: eyes not 

 prominent : feelers black, tawny at the base : hind-sculcheon of the 

 fore-chest widened on each side into a rim, which forms an obtuse 

 angle whose hind side is very slightly concave : scutcheon of the 

 middle-chest adorned with four broad pitchy obconical stripes, the 

 outer pair much longer than the inner pair ; hind border very 

 slightly excavated : abdomen obconical, slightly compressed towards 

 the tip, rather narrower but not longer than the chest : drums 

 tawnv, very small, far apart : legs tawny ; tips ol' the claws black 



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