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in front, its length in the middle not half of that on each side ; front 

 finely striated, rounded on each side, rather narrower towards the 

 epistoiua, bordered by a rim, slightly concave where it joins the 

 epistoma, having three ridges, the side pair indistinct, its breadth 

 nearly twice its length; epistoma ferruginous, triangular, with a 

 middle ridge : fore-chest ferruginous before and behind, very slightly 

 concave behind, convex on the fore border, with a middle ridge on 

 each side of which is an impression, its length in the middle rather 

 less than twice that on each side : middle-chest very finely striated, 

 ferruginous on each side, having five ridges, the two on each side 

 united in the disk: abdomen ferruginous, obconical, a little longer 

 than the chest; upper appendage short; lower one much longer, 

 very deep at the tip : legs ferruginous : fore-wings dark brown, very 

 ample, triangular, with a colourless edge from the hind border till 

 near the tip ; a triangular white spot on the fore border a little be- 

 yond the middle ; veins pitchy, pale yellow on the white spot; lon- 

 gitudinal veins very numerous ; cross-veins few ; fore border straight, 

 along it a row of mostly parallel cross-veins which are most nume- 

 rous and most oblique towards the tips : hind-wings brown, not more 

 than half the length of the fore-vvings. Length of the body 3| 

 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



a, b. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



7. PocHAZiA GUTTiFERA, Mas et Fem. 



Nigra ; frons striatus, ferrugineus,'carinatus, nigra marginatus ; 

 prothorax carinatus ; mesothorax quinquecarinatus ; abdomen 

 basi ferrugineum ; pedes ferriiginei ; alee nigro-fuscce ; alee 

 anticce magnce, maculis tribus guttaque una limpidis ornatce. 



Body black: head veiy short, as broad as the chest; crown 

 bordered by a rim, concave on the hind border, straight in front, its 

 length in the middle about half of that on each side; front dark 

 ferruginous with a black border, very finely striated, rounded on each 

 side, narrower towards the epistoma, bordered by a rim, hardly con- 

 cave where it joins the epistoma, having a middle ridge which dues 

 not reach the fore border, its breadth nearly twice its length ; epis- 

 toma triangular, with a middle ridge : fore-chest slightly concave 

 behind, more convex on the fore border, with a middle ridge, much 

 longer in the middle than on each side : middle-chest with five 

 ridges, the two on each side united in the disk : abdomen obconical, 

 a little longer than the chest, ferruginous towards the base : legs 

 ferruginous : fore-wings triangular, ample, dark brown, blackish 

 along the fore border, with three colourless spots, one on the fore 



