RHYPHUS MACULIPENNIS. 15 



blackish. Thorax yellow, with three broad, black, longi- 

 tudinal bands on the upper side , the outer ones shortened 

 and somewhat narrower in front ; pleurae with two oblique 

 fuscous bands ; scutellum brownish-red ; metanotum greyish- 

 yellow, shining. Abdomen too much damaged for des- 

 cription. Legs reddish-yellow; the tips of the tibiae and 

 of the two basal joints of the tarsi fuscous ; the following 

 joints of the tarsi entirely of this colour; the hind legs 

 are longer and stouter than the others ; the dark markings 

 are more extended and black ; the femora have a broad 

 fuscous ring in the middle and a black tip ; the tibiae 

 and first joint of the tarsi are fringed on the outside with 

 a dense pilosity. Wings shorter and broader than in our 

 European species , clouded and with about four fuscous 

 spots : a small quadrate one at the root of the radial vein 

 and three larger ones at the costa, the first at the end 

 of the auxiliar vein , a second between the end of the 

 subcostal and radial veins, the third, which is the largest, 

 at the apex of the wing. 



A cT from Ardjoeno in Java (Hekmeyer). 



Although this unique specimen is somewhat damaged 

 and therefore the description incomplete , I do not hesitate 

 to publish it, because up to the present time no species 

 of Rhyphus has been described from the Sunda Islands; 

 moreover, this species will easily be recognized by the 

 markings of the wings. 



Notes from thie Leytlen ÜMuseum , Vol. VII. 



