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part of the head, inereasino: in breadth towards the episloma; bor- 

 dered by a rim, having a middle ridije, ahnnst angular on each side, 

 deeply notched where it joins iheepistoma, its breadth in front much 

 exceeding its length ; epistoma ridged at the base: tip of the mouth 

 black : fore-chest slightly concave behind, very convex on the fore 

 border, with a middle ridge, its length in the middle much exceeding 

 that on each side: middle-chest more than four times the length of 

 the fore-chest, with three ridges, the side pair slightly diverging ; a 

 cross suture near the tip which is lanceolate : abdomen obconical, 

 hardly longer than the chest ; appendages at the lip large : legs 

 tawny; feet and fore-shanks ferruginous : wings broad; fore-wings 

 green, edged with dark red, very convex on the fore border, slightly 

 convex at the tips, a little rounded and not angular between the tips 

 and the hind border; veins pale yellow; longitudinal veins and 

 cross-veins very numerous, occupying the whole surface with irre- 

 gular ramifications : hind- wings white. Length of the body 3i — 4 

 lines; of the wings 10 — 11 lines, 

 a, b. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



33. PCECILOPTEKA. LaCTIFREA. 



Straminea; mesothorax luteo bivittatus ; pedes straminei ; alee 

 albcB. 

 Body pale straw-colour, powdered with white: head a little 

 narrower than the chesl, very short ; crown hardly visible above ; 

 front verv short above, large* and flat on the forepart, with a very 

 short ridge, rounded on each side, narrower towards the epistoma, 

 bordered by a rim, straight when it joins the epistoma, its breadth 

 exceeding its length ; epistoma lanceolate: fore-chest arched : middle- 

 chest with two luteous stripes, more than thrice the length of the 

 fore-chest: abdomen obconical, not longer than the chest: legs pale 

 straw-colour, powdered with white : wings white, broad ; veins pale 

 straw-colour ; longitudinal veins of the fore-wings numerous ; cross- 

 veins not numerous ; fore border slightly convex ; along it a row of 

 oblique, parallel, here and there forked, cross-veins. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. East India. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



b. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



