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381. Larra tisiphone. 



Lanada tisiphone, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. 1858, p. 103, $ . 

 Larra tisiplione, Kohl, Verh. zool.-hnt. Ges. Wien, 1884, p. 248 ; 



Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 1:^5. 

 Notogonia tisiphone, Binyh. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 442. 



$ . Head and thorax in front very minutely and closely punc- 

 tured, opaque, the scutelluiii and postscutellum more' widely 

 punctured, head in front and clypeus densely pruinose ; median 

 segment somewhat coarsely reticulate, steeply sloped posteriorly, 

 almost truncate, with a medial narrow furrow down the middle of 

 the steeply sloped portion ; abdomen smooth and shining, the basal 

 four segments with transverse pruinose bands on their posterior 

 margijis. Jet-black ; the clypeus, face in front, the cheeks, sides 

 of the median segment, the legs, and the transverse abdominal 

 bands covered with silvery pile ; wings light fusco-hyaline and 

 iridescent. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Tenasserim ; Borneo. $ . Length 7 ; exp. 14 mm. 

 d unknown. 



382. Larra sumatrana, KoM, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1883, p. 354 ; 



Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 12(i. 



2 . Head on the vertex above, pro- and mesonotum, scutellum 

 and postscutellum very finely and closely punctured, the front 

 above the antennae with three deep sulcations, very smooth and 

 shining ; median segment more densely and closely punctured 

 than the rest of the thorax, the punctures running " almost into 

 transverse striae ; posteriorly the median segment is truncate, with 

 the edge of the truncation above somewhat rounded, the sides 

 of the segment are slightly compressed towards the base ; abdomen 

 smooth, polished, pygidial area triangular, si)arse]y punctured. 

 Black, the basal four segments of the abdomen dark red, the 

 5th and 6th black, sometimes slightly reddish ; wings dark 

 dull fuscous, the hind wing clear hyaline along its posterior 

 margin. 



Hah. Sumatra (Kolil) ; Tenasserim. 5 . Length 18-20 ; exp. 

 32-36 mm. 6 unknown. 



383. Larra carbonaria. 



Larrada carbouaria, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. 1858, p. 102, 5. 

 Larra carbonaria, Kohl, Verh. zool.-hot. Ges. Wien, 1884, p. 242 ; 

 Cam. Meyn. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 125. 



5 . Head smooth and sparsely, thorax closely and very finely 

 and evenly punctured ; abdomen impunctate, highly polished and 

 shining; median segment about as long as the rest of the thorax, 

 narrowed slightly and abruptly truncate posteriorly, the edge of 

 the truncation above rounded, the dorsal surface of the segment 

 somewhat coarsely reticulate, the face of the truncated apex 

 coarsely transversely striate, a much abbreviated but marked 



