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29. Issus RETUsus, Fern. 



Cervinm ; abdomen apice productum compressum et retusum ; pedes 

 cervini ; ala anticce straminece^ retuste, apice ferruginea ; alee 

 posticcB alhidm. 



Body pale fawn-colour: head rather small, hardly one-fourth 

 of the hreadth of the fore-wings near the base ; crown short, quad- 

 rangular, hardly concave behind, very slightly convex in front, its 

 breadth a little more than twice its length ; front nearly flat, sur- 

 rounded by a rim, with a middle ridge, slightly rounded on each 

 side, its length much exceeding its breadth ; epistoma small, much 

 shorter than the front: mouth pale fawn-colour, reaching the hind- 

 hips : fore-chest about twice the length of the crown, very slightly 

 concave on the hind border, conical in front, its length about half its 

 breadth : middle-chest triangular, paler and a little longer than the 

 fore-chest : abdomen much longer than the chest, tapering, com- 

 pressed and retuse towards the tip, darker beneath towards the base : 

 legs pale fawn-colour ; hind-shanks unarmed : fore-wings pale straw- 

 colour, very convex on the fore border, tapering and inclined upward 

 towards their tips which are ferruginous, crested on each side of the 

 inner base ; some white tubercles on the disks of the areolets ; veins 

 pale straw-colour: hind-wings whitish. Length of the body If 

 line ; of the wings 4 lines. 



a. Madeira. Presented by Capt. Parry. 



30. Issus ADSCENDENS. 



Issus adscendens, Herr.-Sch'dff. NomencL Ent. i. 65. 

 Europe. 



31. Issus NASUTUS. 



Issus nasutus, Herr.-Sch'dff. NomencL Ent. i. 65. 

 Europe. 



32. Issus RETICULATUS. 



Issus reticulatus, Herr.-Sch'dff. NomencL Ent. i. 65. 

 Europe. 



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