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abdomen slig-btly obconical, a little longer and broader than the 

 chest : \e^s pale tawny, slightly grooved ; a single black-tipped spine 

 on each hind-shank : wings broad ; fore-wings very pale tawny, al- 

 most colourless towards the tips, adorned on the veins with numerous 

 brown dots, some of which are confluent; a brown baud across each 

 at one-third from the base ; veins pale tawny ; a broad convex mem- 

 brane along the fore border and at the tip, slightly waved, furnished 

 with numerous veins, most of which are connected by a band of 

 cross-veins ; hind-wings whitish ; veins pale straw-colour. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. French rocks, near Madras. Presented by Mrs. Capt. Hamilton. 



9. Elidipteea fimbeia, Fem. 



Lutea ; mesothorax fuscus ; abdomen basi nigrum; pedes fulvi ; 

 al<E anticce Jtavo-fuscce, maculis nigro-fuscis ornata, ad costam 

 dilatata : alee posticce subcinerece. 



Body pale dull luteous : head conical, a little longer than the fore- 

 chest, having a slight ridge on each side border ; front widest be- 

 tween the eyes: mouth tawny, nearly reaching the hind-hips: eyes 

 not prominent : fore-chest truncate in front, slightly ridged along the 

 middle, hardly excavated on the hind border, paler than the head: 

 middle-chest pale brown, with two ridges which are oblique in front: 

 abdomen elliptical, longer than the chest, marked with black at the 

 base : legs tawny, slightly grooved ; a single black-tipped spine near 

 the tip of each hind-shank : wings l)road ; fore-wings pale yellowish- 

 brown, with small irregular dark brown marks, which are chiefly on 

 the veins, convex, much widened and furnished with numerous veins 

 along the fore border ; veins pale tawny : hind-wings pale grav ; 

 veins tawny. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 lines.' 

 a. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforlh's collection 



10. Elidipteea Occidentis, Mas. 



Fulva, ftisiformis, nigro 7nacidata ; prolhorax liridis ; abdomen 

 Jiavo fasciatum ; pedes fulvi ; ahe antica fulvce, fusco macu- 

 late, basi subtuberculaUe, apice sxiblimpidte^ad costam dilatatec ■ 

 alee posticce albida, apice subcinerecc. 



Body tawny, spindle-shaped; head convex in front, concave on 

 the hind border, slightly marked with black, very little longer than 

 the fore-chest ; front luteous, flat, broadest in the middle : mouth 

 luteous, reaching near to the hind-hips: antennge pale luteous, lono-, 

 cylindrical ; second joint nearly twice the length of the first: eyes 



