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6, Elidiptera fimlivata, Mas. 



JFulva, lata, nigro varia ; caput prothorace multb hrevius ; pectus 

 Jiavum ; abdomen luteum, suhtus nigrum fulvo maculatum 

 jlavoque fasciatum ; pedes fulvi fusco maculati ; alee anticce 

 subrufa, Jiavo varue nigro maculata, ad costam dilatat(S sub- 

 limpidce ; aim posticte fulvo univittat(e, apice limpidcB. 



Body tawny, broad : head much shorter than the fore-chest, 

 conical in front, with an angular protuberance on each side by the 

 eye, irregularly marked with brown dots, some of which are con- 

 fluent; front smooth, shining, with a black spot on each side of its 

 fore border adjoining the epistoma, with three ridges, the middle one 

 short, the side pair converging to the fore border: epistoma adorned 

 with two ferruginous stripes, on each side of which are two black 

 spots : mouth mostly black, reaching the hind-hips : eyes large : 

 fore-chest short behind, notched on each side, which is concave ac- 

 cording to the eye, much widened in front and occupying some 

 space between the eyes : scutcheon of the middle-chest triangular, 

 with its broadest side In front, adorned with some black marks, which 

 mostly consist of a U-shaped spot on each side : hind-chest pitchy, 

 ridged across, pale green towards the base of the wing, black along 

 the fore border: breast pale yellow; abdomen nearly elliptical, a 

 Httle longer and broader than the chest, dark luteous above ; under 

 side black with tawny spots, adorned with yellow bands along the 

 hind borders of the segments : legs tawny, grooved, variously marked 

 with brown ; feet brown, with a tawny band on each: hind-shanks 

 armed with two black-tipped spines besides those on the tips : fore- 

 wings rusty red, mingled with pale yellow, with black marks inter- 

 spersed ; a very broad nearly colourless margin extending along the 

 fore border beyond the tip, furnished with very numerous cross-veins 

 which are coloured like the disk, and are mostly forked at one-fourth 

 of their length, some of the forks are again divided ; veins of the 

 disk mostly green, spotted here and there with brown : hind-wings 

 brown, with a pale tawny stripe extending along the disk of each to 

 the tip which is colourless ; veins brown, red at the tips. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. ? Presented by the Entomological Club, 



