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36 DiCTYOPHORA SINICA. 



Lutea, fere fusiformis, viridi vittata ; caput thoracis longitudine ; 

 abdomen viride, supra fiisco vittatiim ; pedes J'ulvi, fusco vit- 

 tati ; alcB limpida, anticce apice fulvo-fuscce. 



Body pale luleous, almost spindle-shaped : head as loiif^ as the 

 chest and about half its breadth, ascending-, tapering very slightly 

 from the crown to the tip which is convex ; upper side with a short 

 green stripe which does not extend beyond the crown, on whose 

 sides the edges are also green; under side bright luteous with a 

 pale green border ; middle ridge bright green, extending to the 

 epistoma ; the latter tawny, striped with brown towards the tip : 

 mouth pale tawny : fore-chest convex in front and equally concave 

 behind, adorned with the usual green stripes: three indistinct green 

 stripes on the middle-chest: abdomen green, slightly obconical, 

 broader but not longer than the chest, pale tawny at the tip, adorned 

 with a brown stripe on the disk : legs pale tawny, slender, slightly 

 grooved, partly striped with brown ; hind-shanks armed with four 

 black-tipped spines : wings colourless ; lips of the fore-wings pale 

 yellowish- brown ; brands brown, occupying three areolets ; veins 

 green, brown towards the tips. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



a. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. 



37, DycTioPHORA leptorhina, Mas. 



Fulva aut lutea, fusiformis, viridi vittata; caput thorace longius ; 

 abdomen viride, basi subluteum, thorace longius ; pedes fulvi ; 

 femora nigra vittata ; alec limpidce. 



Body tawny, spindle-shaped : head longer than the chest and 

 full half its breadth, ascending, tapering slightly from the crown to 

 the tip which is convex ; the four sides of equal breadth, with green 

 edges ; the green stripe above is only distinct on the crown, that be- 

 neath appears along its whole length to the epistoma which is brown : 

 mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching the hind-hips: fore-chest 

 convex in front, more slightly concave behind, adorned as usual 

 with the green ridges which also appear on the middle-chest: abdo- 

 men green, obconical, slightly luteous towards the base, longer than 

 the chest : legs pale tawny, slightly grooved ; thighs striped with 

 black ; hind-shanks armetl with five black-tipped spines ; hind-feet 

 much widened : wings colourless ; brand brown, colouring the 

 borders but not the disks of three areolets; veins of the fore-wings 



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