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Fam. 11. FULGORTNA. 

 Siibfam. I. FULGORELLiE. 



Tribe 1. FULGORITES. 



Subuibe ]. FULGOROIDES. 



Genus HOTIXUS, Cat. Horn. p. 263. 



HOTIXUS FULVIROSTRIS. 



Niger ; caput fuloain thorace paullo hrevius ; prothorax lilurls 

 viLuyinalibui albidis ant testaceis ; mesothoracis discm plus 

 minusve testaceus aut albidus ; abdomen testaceum aut alhidum, 

 fasciis incomplelis nigricunlibus ; alcB anticce fasciis quatuor 

 incomplelis maculuribiis albidis aut straminece ; posticce baai 

 aibidce. 



Black. Head tawny, abruptly curved and ascending, a lillle 

 shorter than the body, blackish on each side at the base. Prolhorux 

 with some dingy whitish or testaceous marks on each side. Meso- 

 thorax more or less testaceous or whitish in the disk ; hind border 

 and abdomen whitish or testaceous, the latter with some irregular 

 and incomplete blackish bands. Fore wiugs with about twenty 

 whitish or straw-coloured spots and dots, some of them connected, 

 forming four very irrejjfular bands. Hind wings white, or dingy 

 whitish towards the base. Length of the body 13 Hues ; of tiic 

 wings 28 lines. 



Hotinus may be divided into two groups, H. candelarius being 

 the type of the lirst, and //. clavatus the type of the second. The 

 Hist group will form two subgroups ; the tirst containing //. camle- 

 /ariwi and others ; tlie second with H. maculatus and the present 

 species, which are distinguished by the much curved and ascending 

 horns of their heads and i>y the hind wings, where the pale colour 

 blends more or less with the black borders, whereas in the tirst sub- 

 group the orange and the black of the hind wings are clearly 

 defined. 



«, b. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



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