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ing from the base to the lip which is very acute ; its lower side 

 raised hijt^h above the scutellum : fore-wings pale lurid, lanceolate ; 

 veins ferruginous ; two discoidal areolets : hind-wings colourless. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



Sub-group 2. Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, iv. 513. 



23. Centrotus paria. 



Cenirotus paria, Lefebvre, MSS. Fairm. Attn. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me 

 *S'^n>, iv. 513, 13. 



a. North Bengal. From Miss Campbell's collection. 



24. Centeotus Tasmania? Fern. 



Centrotus TasmanicB? Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, 513, 

 14, ph 3, f. 15. 



Ferrugineus, angustus ; cornu posticum rufo hlvittatum ; pectus 

 Jlavo-pubescens ; tibice sat latce ; ala anticce fusca, longcB ; 

 al(e posticce limpidce. 



Ferruginous, clothed with tawny hairs: body rather long and 

 narrow : head transverse, slightly impressed, finely punctured, nar- 

 rower than the fore-chest between the shoulders, convex and slightly 

 retuse on each side in front ; hind part of face angular, occupying 

 a little less than half the length of the head: fore-chest not high, 

 roughly punctured, very slightly ridged ; shoulders obtusely angular, 

 slightly prominent ; horns above very thick, prismatic at the base, 

 ascending, slightly diverging, twisted, quadrilateral towards the tips 

 which are truncated ; fore side and hind side widening towards the 

 tips, the foi-mer with two ridges, the latter concave ; outer side and 

 inner side conical ; length of the horns more than lour times the 

 breadth of the fore-chest between them ; hind appendage extending 

 far beyond the tip of the abdomen, slightly curved, tapering from 

 the base to the tip, red on each side along the lower border; sides of 

 the scutellum and of the breast clothed with yellow down : shanks 

 rather i)road : fore-wings brown, long, lanceolate ; veins ferruginous; 

 three discoidal areolets : hind-wings colourless. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a, b. Van Dieman's Laud. From Dr. Hooker's collection, 

 c. Van Dieman's Land. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 

 d. ? 



2h 



