146 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



AsiLUs PATEKcuLus, Fem. 



Fusciiti, capita aureo, thoracis lateribus fulvis, metathorace pectoreqiie 

 canis, abdomine piceo iaterihus ventreque ferrugineis, antennis fulvis 

 apice nigris, pedihus rujis, femoribus nigro vittatis, tibiis poslicis 

 apice iarsisque piceis, alis limpidis. 



Head adorned with a golden covering, clothed beneath with a few 

 whitish hairs ; face whitish or pale yellow ; epistoma armed with eight or 

 ten white spines : eyes black ; a few very large facets in front which is 

 somewhat flat : sucker black : feelers tawny ; second joint rather longer 

 than the first ; third tapering from the base to the tip, full twice the length 

 of the second joint ; bristle small, black, like a spine, a little more than 

 one-third of the length of the third joint : chest bruwn, tawny on each side ; 

 hind chest and breast hoary ; abdomen pitchy above, ferruginous on each side 

 and beneath, slightly tapering from the base to the tip, which is armed 

 with short black spines : legs red aimed with white spines ; a black stripe 

 on each thigh; feet and tips of the hind-shanks pitchy ; claws black, pitchy 

 at the base ; foot-cushions pale tawny ; ivings colourless ; wing-ribs ferru- 

 ginous ; veins black, ferruginous at the base; poisers tawny, with yellow 

 knobs. Length of the body 2\ — 3 lines ; of the wings 5 — 6 lines. 



East Indies. 



ASILUS PR^FINIENS, MaS. 



Fuscus, thoracis lateribus metathorace pectoreque canis, pedilus fulvis, 

 tarsis apice piceis, alis limpidis. 



Body brown : head clothed with whitish hairs, beset behind the eyes 

 with black bristles: a few black hairs on the face: sucker and palpi black : 

 eyes bronzed ; fore part rather flat, its facets larger than those elsewhere : 

 chest beset with a few black bristles ; sides, hind part and breast hoary : 

 abdomen very slightly tapering from the base to the tip, clothed with short 

 pale hairs, narrower than the chest and about twice its length: legs tawny, 

 beset with black and whitish bristles ; feet pitchy toivards the tips ; claws 

 black, tawny at the base; foot-cushions yellow; fore-legs pale tawny: 

 wings colourless ; wing-ribs pitchy ; veins black, lawny at the base ; poisers 

 tawny, with yellow knobs. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 

 lines. 



East Indies. 



