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strongly siniiated black fascia on each lateral area. Abdomen 

 with fonr macular black fasciie, two central and one on each 

 lateral margin. Body beneath ochraceous, spotted with black ; tibiae 

 annulated with black at base, centre and apex, the annulations on 

 posterior tibiae faint above ; femora spotted with black. Tegmina 

 hyaline, the venation and costal membrane ochraceous, spotted 

 with fuscous ; a waved and somewhat broken dark fuscous trans- 

 verse fascia at base of apical area ; beyond this the costal area is 

 dark fuscous, with an intermediate ochraceous spot ; the whole 

 apical area irregularly shaded with fuscous. Wings hyaline ; the 

 venation, anal margin, and the apex, fuscous. The anterior pro- 

 longation of the head is somewhat foliaceous, the length of the 

 head being a little less than that of the pronotum. 



Long. excl. tegm., 17 millim. Long, head, 2 millim. Exp. 

 tegm., 48 millim. 



Hah. Continental India ; Upper Assam. Burma ; 

 Euby Mines. 



Allied to D. hyalinata, Spin., but differing by the more 

 foliaceous head, different colour, markings, &c, 



Dieltoptera hampsoni, n. sp. 



Allied to the preceding species, but with the head much longer 

 and less foliaceous, and without the anterior spots to vertex, which 

 has its anterior prolongation ovate, and not siibquadrate as in 

 D. nuhila ; the pronotum has a black fascia on each side of the 

 central keel. The tegmina are a little longer and more slender, 

 with the fuscous markings somewhat paler. The wings have the 

 apex a little darker fuscous. The length of the head is equal to that 

 of the pronotum. 



Long. excl. tegm., 20 millim. Long, head, 2f millim. Exp. 

 tegm., 53 millim. 



Hah. Continental India; Neelgiri Hills, Southern 

 Slopes, 3000 feet {Hampson). 



This species is also allied to D. picticeps, St;il, from 

 the Philippine Islands, but differs by the annulated 

 tibiae, the shorter head, &c. 



Mr. Hampson captured the species at sugar. 



Diclioptera nasuta, n. sp. 

 Body above ochraceous ; head very long, cephalic process with 

 a central triangular fascia, the apex and the lateral margins dark 

 fuscous. Pronotum suffused with fuscous, the central keel and the 

 lateral areas ochraceous. Mesonotum suffused with fuscous, and 

 with some basal spots and the apex ochraceous ; abdomen above 



