INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



tawny, with a black stripe on the back : the tip cross-vein of the wing has 

 a short stump, or the submarginal areolet is partly divided. 



1. longirostris 4. gulosa 



2. Amboinensis 5. varicolor 



3. rostrata 



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FiDENA. 



Much resembles Nuceria, but the characters are modified ; the sucker 

 is generally shorter, the chest and the abdomen are not striped, the latter 

 is tawny : the tip cross-veinh as no stump ; the posterior submarginal 

 areolet is closed. 



1. leucopogon <\L 3. sorbens 



2. basalis 4. nana 



Diceania; Macquart. ^ ^-L^^^^b"^-*^^^^ y^/A^ 



Distinguished from Fidena by the third feeler-joint, which is armed 

 with a long horn. 



1. comprehensa 



Melpia. 



The sucker varies from half the length to the whole length of the 

 body : the abdomen is very broad : the colour of the body and of the wings 

 is usually dark; the tip cross-vein has no stump. 



1 . rufohirta ^ -- 7VVt-i^jvc/v^'^V\Xi 6. eriomera 



2. nigrohirta 7. Besckii 



3. fulvithorax 8. exeuns 



4. piceohirta 9. tenuistria 



5. badia 



SCAPTIA. 



Distinguished by the stout convex body, and by the robust sucker, 

 which is hardly longer than the head: the colour is black, adorned with 

 patches of yellow or tawny hairs : the tip cross-vein has no stump ; the 

 posterior submarginal areolet is open in the male, closed in the female. 



1. aurata M.Oij, (1\, 4. patula 



2. auriflua? 5. plana 



3. solida 6. crassa 



