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on each side, bordered by a rim, almost straight where it joins the 

 epistoma, very much longer than broad ; epistoma rather long- ; side 

 compartments small : second joint of the feelers black, linear, very 

 long: fore-chest as long as the head, convex in front, slightly con- 

 cave behind, a little longer in the middle than on each side : middle- 

 chest full thrice the length of the fore-chest : abdomen oval, very 

 thick, a little longer than the chest : legs pale green, powdered with 

 white: wings white: hind-wings rounded along the tips and be- 

 tween the latter and the hind borders ; fore border undulating ; 

 veins whitish ; longitudinal veins very few, forked towards the tips ; 

 cross-veins none with the exception of very few rudiments. Length 

 of the body 8i lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Port Xatal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Genus 9. COLOBESTHES. 



Colobesthes, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 522, 4, 11. 



Flata, Fabr. 



Cicada, Donovan. 



Poeciloptera, Bunneister, Spinola. 



1. Colobesthes falcata. 



Colobesthes falcata, Amijot et Sen: Hist. Nat. Hem. 523, 1. 

 Poeciloptera falcata, Guer, Vol/. Belanger, 469, pi. 3, f. 5. Spin. 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. 430, 7. 



a. Java. From j\Ir. Argent's collection. 

 h. ? 



2. Colobesthes Candida. 



Flata Candida, Dumeril, Cons. Gen. Ins. 219, pi. 38, f. 1. 

 Poecilopiera Candida, Bimn. Handh. Ent. ii. 1, 162, 1. Spin. Ann. 



Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. 431, 8. 

 Flata Candida, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 517, 3. Syst. Rhyn. 45, 2. 



a, h. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 

 c. ? 



3. Colobesthes truncaticornis. 



Poeciloptera truncaticornis, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. viii. 429, 6, pi 16, 

 f. 3. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



