54 LIST OF HOMO TEEOUS INSECTS. 



14. DUNDUBIA VIBEANS, MaS. 



Nervus trcmsversus lus suhcurvus obliquus, angulum obtusum fin- 

 gens, 2o fere triplo ejus lojigitudine divisus ; 2us suhcurvus, 

 obliquus, angulum obtusum fingens, \o multo hrevior ; 3us 

 subundatus, obliquus, angulum subacutum fingens ; 4t« sub- 

 undatus, obliquus, angulum subacutum fingens, 3o longior. 



Second marginal areolet three-fourths of the leng-th of the first; 

 first cross-vein slightly curved, slanting, forming an obtuse angle, 

 parted from the second by nearly thrice its length ; second very 

 slightly curved, slanting, forming an obtuse angle, much shorter 

 than the first ; third slightly waved, slanting, forming a slightly 

 acute angle; fourth slightly waved, slanting, forming a slightly 

 acute angle, larger than the third; fifth curved, nearly upright, 

 forming a slightly acute angle. Body pale tawny, rather long: 

 head a little narrower than the fore-chest, adorned with an irregular 

 and interrupted black band ; face very convex, adorned with black 

 bands on each side : mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching to the 

 hind-hips: eyes prominent : feelers black : fore-chest broadest near 

 the base of the fore-wing : scutcheon adorned with four crooked 

 black streaks, the outer pair short; sutures also blackish; hind- 

 scutcheon widened and adorned with two large l)lack spots above 

 the base of each fore-wing, slightly notched and armed with a 

 moderate-sized tooth on each side : scutcheon of the middle- 

 chest adorned with five black stripes; a slight black streak in 

 front between the two side pairs, which are slightly oblique ; the 

 inner pair much shorter than the outer pair, which are almost in- 

 terrupted ; hind border very slightly excarated : abdomen rather 

 long, nearly linear, much longer than the chest; a short black stripe 

 at the base and on each side of the tip ; disks of the segments pitchy : 

 opercula tawny, close ; drums bright tawny, bordered with black, 

 about half the length of the abdomen, narrow tov/ards the base ; 

 widened towards the tips: legs pale tawny, clothed with paler hairs; 

 tips of the shanks and of the feet pitch v ; tips of the claws black , 

 fore-thighs armed with three teeth, two large and one small ; hind- 

 shanks i)eset with black spines : wings colourless, pale tawny at the 

 base ; tips of the fore-wings slightly clouded with brown ; first and 

 second cross-veins clouded with brown ; an almost imperceptible 

 brown streak on each marginal areolet; veins partly black, partly 

 tawny, the latter colour prevailing most towards the base ; flaps pale 

 tawny at the base. Length of the body 17 lines; of the wings 44 

 lines. 



fl, b. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's collection. 



