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rULGOEID^. 



abdomen beneath a little paler than above, the ochraceous lateral 

 margins broader and containing large segmental piceous spots ; 

 tegmina olivaeeous-green, about apical third with the A'enation 

 closely reticulate, the small reticulate areas black, the basal two- 

 thirds with rounded spots on costal area and with spots or broken 



Lye or ma i i/ ipcr'ud is . 



transverse fascia) black ; wings with about basal half purplish- 

 red spotted with black, with a transverse bright bluish-green 

 fascia before apical area, which is piceous. 



In the var. j7Zrtc«6t/«s, Walk,, the tegmina are more or less 

 testaceous, not green, and with the transverse fascia to the wings 

 somewhat greyish-white, not bluish-green. 



Length excl. tegni. 16^ to 21 ; exp. tegm. 54;i to 61 millim. 



Hal). vSylhet. Sikhim (/mc?. il/its.). Assam ; Sadia, Noa Dihing, 

 and Naga Hills (Chemiell). Darjiling (Coll. Dist.). 



1719. Lycorma punicea, Hope (Lystra), Tr. Linn. Soc. xix, p. 133, 

 t. xii, f. 5 (1843) ; Stal (Lvcorma), Stett. ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 232 

 (1863) ; Atliins. J. A. S. Bemj. liv, p. 149 (1885). 

 Aphgena delectabilis, Walk. List Horn. Siqj^Jl. p. 44 (1858). 



Head and thorax above castaneous-red ; abdomen piceous 

 head beneath, sternum, and legs castaneous, anterior legs and 

 intermediate tibiae more or less piceous : tegmina testaceous, 

 excluding about basal fourth the reticulate and other cellular 

 areas are black, giving the tegmina a much darker appearance, the 

 basal and costal areas with scattered and somewhat large black 

 spots ; wings with about basal half purplish-red spotted with 

 black, a transverse greyish fascia before apical area, which is 

 piceous. 



Length excl. tegm. 12 to 121 ; exp. tegm. 40 to 42 millim. 



Bah. 8ylhet. Assam ; Dikrang Valley (Ind. Mus.). — China. 



Like a small variety of the preceding species (L. imperialis), but 

 differing by its much smaller size and by the black cellular areas 

 of the tegmina extending over three-fourths of their area. 



