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middle of the face, becoming gradually widened below, where it is 

 united to the clypeus, the clypeus, mandibles, except the teeth, palpi, 

 and malar space, except in the centre, yellowish testaceous ; the abdo- 

 men ferruginous, the second segment on the top, and the last two 

 broadly on the top and on the sides, black. Four front legs yellowish 

 testaceous, their femora more rufous in colour, the coxfe black ; the 

 hind coxfe, trochanters, apical half of tibiiis and metatarsus, except at 

 apex, black ; the femora and basal half of tibife rufous ; the apex of 

 metatarsus and the other joints of tarsi yellow. Wings hyaline, the 

 base of costa testaceous ; the rest of it, the front of stigma, and the 

 nervures black ; the posterior part of stigma testaceous. ? . Length, 

 17 mm. 



Head and thorax densely covered with white pubescence. Front 

 and vertex closely, rugosely punctured, the centre weakly, obliquely 

 striated. Face strongly, closely punctured, more closely on the sides 

 than on the middle. Thorax closely, distinctly punctured, and densely 

 covered with short white pubescence. Parapsidal furrows narrow, but 

 distinct. Scutellum much more strongly punctured than the meso- 

 notum ; the punctuation on the apical slope running into longitudinal 

 strife. Median segment coarsely, irregularly, transversely reticulated. 

 Transverse median nervure interstitial ; the recurrent nervure is re- 

 ceived very shortly beyond the transverse cubital. Transverse median 

 nervure in hind wings broken distinctly below the middle. Parallel 

 nervure broken shortly below the middle. 



This is not a typical Laphyctes, but there is no other known 

 genus in which it can be placed. The apex of the clypeus ends 

 in a distinct point or tooth. The eyes converge slightly below ; 

 the malar space is very small. The upper tooth of the mandibles 

 is a little longer than the lower. The short spur of the hinder 

 tibiae is twice longer than the width of the metatarsus. The 

 antennae are as long as the head, thorax, and basal two segments 

 of the abdomen united. The sides of the clypeus above are 

 bordered by deep oblique furrows ; there is a short not very 

 distinct furrow in the middle above. The base of the third dis- 

 coidal cellule is not so wide as the length of the transverse 

 median nervure. 



THE LEPIDOPTEEA OF THE DOEKING DISTRICT. 

 By F. a. Oldakbr, M.A. 



(Concluded from p. 160.) 



Porthesia similis. Larvfe common on whitethorn, May 28th ; spun 

 up, June 16th. Imagines, July 7th, Also taken freely at the lamps. 



Dasychira pudibunda. Common at the lamps, June 12th. Larvse 

 also frequently taken. Imagines, April 23rd. 



Orr/yia antiqua. Larvffi very common on all kinds of food-plant, 

 especially on wistaria in my garden. Larvae, May 27th ; spun up, 

 July 15th. Imagines, August 80th. 



