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23. DUNDUBIA NIGRIiMACULA, MilS. 



Nervus transversus lus curvus, obliquus, angidum valde obtiisum 

 fingens, '2o plus dnplb ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us vix un- 

 daius, valde obliqmis^ angidum per oh tusum fin yens, \o multu 

 brevior ; Sus vix undatus, valde obliquus, unguium fere rec- 

 tum Jingens ; Aus fere rectus, subobliquus, unguium vix acu- 

 tum Jingens, 3o paulld brevior. 



Second marginal areolet three-fourtlis of the length of the first : 

 first cross-vein curved, slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, parted 

 from the second by much more than twice its length ; second hardly 

 waved, very slanting, forming an extremely obtuse angle, much 

 shorter than the first ; third iiardly waved, slightly slanting, forming 

 a nearly right angle; fourth almost straight, slightly slanting, form- 

 ing a hardly acute angle, a little shorter than the third ; fifth curved, 

 nearly upright, forming a very slightly acute angle. Body tawny, 

 linear: head narrower than the fore-chest; face very convex: eyes 

 prominent : mouth tawny with a pitchy tip : feelers tawny : fore- 

 chest a little broader than long, somewhat narrower in front than 

 behind ; sides rounded at the base of the fore-wings, thence very 

 slightly concave, armed with a small tooth near the fore border ; 

 hind-scutcheon green, broad, slightly furrowed : excavation on the 

 hind border of the scutcheon of the middle-chest extremely slight : 

 abdomen slightly obconical, longer than the chest, ferruginous and 

 adorned with a row of pitchy spots on each side, tinged with green 

 on each side beneath : ojiercula close, rather small : drums very large, 

 green, long and narrow, three-fourths of the length of the abdomen : 

 legs tawny ; tips of the claws black ; fore-thighs armed with two 

 tawny teeth : wings and flaps of the hind-wings colourless, tawny at 

 the base and along the fore l)orders ; an almost imperceptible tawny 

 tinge on the tips of the fore-wings ; veins tawriy, black towards the 

 tips. Length of the body 17 lines; of the wings 46 lines. 



a, h. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



24. DuNDUBiA soBRiA, Fem. 



Nervus transversus lus sitbeurvus obliquus, unguium valde obtusion 

 Jingens, 2o fere triplu ejus lougitudine divisus; '2us sub- 

 cm'vus, sub()bliquus,angulum obtusum Jingens, \o inulto bre- 

 vior ; 3us subcurvns, obliquus, unguium arutwn Jingens ; 4:us 

 rectus, subobliquus, unguium subacutum fingens, 3o vix lon- 

 gior. 



Second marginal areolet three-fourths of the length of the first : 

 first cross-vein very slightly curved, slanting, forming a very obtuse 



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