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fifth pale testaceous at the base, nearly as long as the fourth. Thorax with 

 six iucouiplete black stripes; four testaceous points along the slight trans- 

 verse impression, in front of whk'b there is an irregular smooth space; hind 

 angles much rounded, not prominent. Suutellum with several irregular 

 black marks, not extending beyond the angle of the corium, slightly 

 attenuated towards the tip. Abdomen beneath with a black spot on the 

 fore border of the fifth segment. Legs luteous, rather long; femora 

 speckled with black towards the tips; tibia? and tarsi black towards the 

 tips. Fore wings with several black patches ; membrane cinereous, streaked 

 with brown. Length of the body 6 — 6^ lines. 



It is somewhat broader than D. tecta, which species it most resembles. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



22. Dalpada remota. 



Tcstaceu, lata, sulelliptica, aspere punclata, viridi aut nigra cnnspersa, 

 subtus lulca ; caput breviusciilum, antice rotundatum, lubo medio 

 lobos lalerales paullo super ante ; rostrum apice niyrum, coxas poslican 

 paullo superans ; antetiiue ieslacece, nigricanle ainsperstc, arliculo 'So 

 Lasi apiceque innotalo, 5o )dceo basi pnliide testacco ; thorax angulis 

 puslicis rulundatis; scuteUum basi testuceo triguttatum ; pectoris 

 lutera viridi nuUila ; veuter playa basali ftrruginea, macula subapicali 

 nigra; pedes nigra conspersi, libiis sulculis subclavatis ; ala. anlicce 

 fusco plagialcE, membrana cinerea venis fusco nebulosis. 



Testaceous, broad, nearly elliptical, roughly punctured; punctures 

 green or black, with small intervening smooth spaces; under side luteous, 

 thinly and minutely punctured. Head much shorter than the thorax, 

 rounded in frout ; middle lobe extending a little beyond the lateral lobes. 

 Eyes prominent. Rostrum black towards the tip, extending nearly to the 

 hind border of the first abdominal segment. Antenna? testaceous, blackish- 

 speckled, slender, more than half the length of the body ; first joint not 

 extending to the front of the bead ; second longer than the first, shorter 

 than the third ; fourth unspeckled at the base and at the tip, longer than 

 the third ; fifth piceous, pale testaceous at the base, longer than the fourth. 

 Thorax with a very indistinct transverse impression, in front of which the 

 smooth spaces are larger than those elsewhere ; hind anfrles rounded, slightly 

 prominent. Scutellum attenuated, extending rather beyond the angle of 

 the corium ; three smooth testaceous dots at the base. Pectus with some 

 green marks on each side. Abdomen with quadrate black lateral spois ; 

 under si<le with a ferruginous patch at the base and with a black spot on 

 the fore border of the fifth segment. Legs moderately stout, speckled with 

 black; femora unspeckled towards the base; tibiaj furrowed, slightly 

 widening (rom the base to the tip; fore tarsi piceous, testaceous towards 

 the base. Fore wings with a few brown patches; membrane cinereous, 

 clouded with brown along the veins. Length of the body 7^ lines. 



It may be a variety oi-D. brevis, from which it only differs in its slightly 

 greater breadth, and in the head, whose middle lobe extends a little beyond 

 the lateral lobes. 



a — (/. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



23. Dalpada proxima. 



Teslacea, elliplica, aspere punctata, viridi conspersa, subtus lutca ; caput 

 nigricante bivittalum, subtus viridi histrigatttm, lobis (cqualibus ; 



