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breadth ; middle-chest triangular, longer than the fore-chest, with 

 three parallel yellow ridges, adorned with black dots on each side : 

 abdomen green, obconical, dotted with black, tawny at the tip, as 

 long as the chest ; hind borders of the segments black above : legs 

 green, grooved, partly tawny, marked with black or brown ; hind- 

 shanks armed with two teeth: fore-wings brown, convex on the fore 

 border towards the base, covered with black punctures, their breadth 

 near the tips more than half of that near the base ; veins ferru- 

 ginous; cross-veins few, confined to the fore borders and the tips : 

 hind-wings dark brown, paler towards the base : veins black. Length 

 of the body 3 lines ; of the wings ?§ lines. 



a. Warm Springs, N. Carolina. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



16. ISSUS QUADEIGUTTATUS, MaS. 



Fulmis^flavo quadrimaculatus ; pectus flavum, nigro varium ; ab- 

 domen suhtus Jlavum^ piceo trivittatum ; pedes fulvi ; tarsi 

 postici fiavi ; aim fulvce, anticcB fmco biguttatce. 



Body tawny : head less than half the breadth of the fore-wings 

 near the base ; crown quadrangular, angular and edged with black 

 in front, more concave on the hind border, its breadth less than twice 

 its length ; front ferruginous, flat, nearly quadrate, slightly widen- 

 ing towards the epistoma, and having a convex cross-ridge which 

 approaches near the crown, the compartment between them being 

 brown, divided by a tawny ridge and having some tawny spots on 

 each side, a row of punctures along each side and with a slight 

 tawny middle ridge, its length slightly exceeding its breadth : epis- 

 toma ferruginous, narrow, triangular, as long as the front, yellow at 

 the tip and at the base where there are two black spots ; a bright 

 yellow spot on each side of the head : mouth tawny reaching the 

 hind-hips: fore-chest very convex in front, straight behind, slightly 

 marked with ferruginous colour, adorned on each side with a yellow 

 spot: middle-chest triangular, hardly longer than the fore-chest: 

 breast yellow, marked with black on each side : abdomen obconical, 

 not longer than the chest, yellow beneath with three pitchy stripes : 

 legs tawny, slightly tinged with darker colour ; hind-shanks aimed 

 with two spines, yellow towards the tips ; hind-feet yellow : fore- 

 wings dull tawny, very convex on the fore border near the base, 

 adorued with two brown dots, one in the middle of the disk, the 

 other in a line with it near the hind border, their breadth near the 

 tips about half of that near the base: veins tawny: hind-wings 

 darker ; veins black. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 6 

 lines. 



a. Hong-Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



