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23. Flatoides OiiiENTis, Mas. 



Fulvus ; frons suhcarinatus ; prot/iorax carina tus ; mesotJiorax tri- 

 Cfirinatus ; pedes falvi ; al(B andcce testacerr, macuiis limpidis 

 ornatce ; alee posticce cineretB. 



Body tawny : head as broad as the cliest; crown short, bordered 

 liy a very slight rim, concave behind, straight on the fore border, iis 

 length in the middle half of that on each side ; front flat, rounded 

 on each side, a little narrower towards the epistoma, bordered by a 

 very slight rim, concave where it joins the epistoma, with a very in- 

 distinct ridge, its breadth less than twice its length ; epistoma tri- 

 angular, not ridged : fore-chest move than twice the length of the 

 crown, concave on the hind border, more convex in front, with a 

 middle ridge : middle-chesl with three ridges, the side pair slightly 

 uudtdating, diverging much from the fore border: abdomen obcon- 

 ical, a little longer than the chest: legs tawny: fore-wings broad, 

 testaceous, colourless at intervals along the tips ; a colourless dot 

 near the tip of the fore border, and a large oblong colourless spot in 

 the disk touching the fore border ; veins tawny, pale yellow in the 

 colourless part ; longitudinal veins very numerous; cross-veins rather 

 numerous in the disk ; fore border convex, along it a row of parallel 

 oblique cross-veins decreasing in length towards the tip : hind-wings 

 gray. Length of the body '2h lines ; of the wings 7h lines. 



a. East India. 



24. Flatoides minor, Mas. 



Ferrugineus ; vertex carinatus, piceo himaculalus ; froniis carini 

 furcaf.a ; thorax non carinatus; mesothoracis discus piceus ; 

 pedes fulvi ; alceaniiccElatce^ferruginecB; alceposticce cinerete. 



Body ferruginous : head as broad as the chest : crown slightly 

 depressed, surrounded by a slight rim, having a slight middle ridge 

 and on each side a pitchy spot, its length about half its breadth ; 

 front broader than long, rounded and with a slight rim on each side, 

 concave where it joins the epistoma, having a slight middle ridge 

 which is forked towards the crown ; epistoma lanceolate : fore-chest 

 as long as the crown, slightly concave behind, truncate on the fore 

 border: disk of the middle-chest piichy : abdomen o])conical,a little 

 longer than the chest; appendages very large; upper one with a 

 groove, near whose base is a little appendage, curved downward and 

 meeting the lower one, the latter is very deep towards the tip : legs 

 tawny: fore-wings broad, ferruginous ; veins ferruginous; longitu- 



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