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Fisr. 79. — Arphin 

 sulphurea .latera 1 

 view of pr on o- 

 tum. 



ocellus, very slightK' sulcate below it; face 

 seen from the side decidedly arcuate. Prono- 

 tum (Fig. 79) scarcely constricted in the mid- 

 dle, but expanding slighlly and regularly pos- 

 teriorly; median carina prominent, sub-cris- 

 tate or cristate, more or less arcuate on 

 top; lateral carinae obsolete; surface some- 

 what roughened orrugulose; front margin obtuse-angled, 

 slightly advanced upon the occiput; posterior margin right- 

 angled or acute-angled. Elytra and wings passing the ab- 

 domen. Antennae slender and filiform. 



Uniform dusky brown, wing-covers rather paler than 

 the pronotum, more or less distinctly spotted with dark 

 brown. Wings deep yellow or sulphur-yellow next to the 

 bod\', dusky at tip, the yellow portion bounded beyond the 

 middle by abroad dusk^^-brown band, which curves and is 

 prolonged on the hind margin, but does not reach the angle 

 next to the extremity of the body; a very distinct ray run- 

 nins: inward toward and nearlvto the base near the front or 



Fig. 78. — Arphi'a sulphurea. Original. 



costal margin, leaving a narrow j^ellow strip along the 

 costal margin. Posterior femora usualh' marked with alter- 



