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Hind wings vitreous. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 6 

 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Hewitson's collection. 



Sphenorhina braconoides. 



Mas. Testacea, gracilis; caput acutum ; abdomen laterihus 

 apiceque nigricanlibus ; tibia- fosticcB apice, genua et tarsi 

 nigra ; femora antica nigro strigata ; tibia anteriores nigrce, 

 basi testacecB ; al(B antica lurido-vitrece, basi testacece, apices 

 versus obscure fuscce ; postica vitrece, 



Male. Testaceous, slender. Head acute. Abdomen blackish 

 along each side and at the tip, which is armed with two long for- 

 ceps. Knees and tarsi black; fore femora streaked with black; 

 anterior libise black, testaceous towards the base ; hind til)i8e with 

 black tips. Fore wings lurid-vitreous, testaceous at the base; 

 nearly one-third of the apical part dark brown. Hind wings 

 vitreous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 

 a. Birmah. From Mrs. Waring's collection. 



Sphenorhixa approximans. 



Atra, gracilis ; caput acutum^ pubescens ; alee posticce vitrece, mar- 

 gine fuscescente. Mas. — Abdomen basi marginibusque anticis 

 albis ; alee anticcE guttis duabus albis, macula costali exteriore 

 rufa. Foem. — Abdomen basi testaceum ; alee anticce fasciis 

 duabus, una maculan alba, altera attenuata et nonnunquam 

 interrupt a rufa. 



Closely allied to S. contigua, intermedia and proxima. Deep 

 black, slender. Head acute, pubescent. Hind wings vitreous, 

 brownish along the borders. ]\[ale. — Abdomen white at the base 

 and on the hind borders of the three basal segments ; apical appen- 

 dages very long. Fore wings with two white dots placed in an ob- 

 lique line near the base ; a red spot by the costa at two-thirds of 

 the length. Female. — Abdomen testaceous at the base. Fore 

 wings with a white band composed of two hardly divided spots, and 

 with an irregular red band, which is attenuated and sometimes in- 

 terrupted hiudvvard. Length of the body 3—4 lines; of the wings 

 8—9 lines. 



a. North Hindoslan. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



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