a second Asiatic sjMcics of Gorydalis. 283 



faint paler spaces on the disk ; the neuration very strong, black, and 

 all the transverse nervules margined tvith black, those towards the 

 base very broadly margined ; there are also some independent black 

 or blackish spots below the radius, and in the basal portion of the 

 cubital region (this black margining of the nervules gives the wings 

 a peculiar tessellated appearance) ; in the broad costal area several of 

 the nervules anastomosj in an asymmetrical manner near the costal 

 edge, forming two irregular rows of costal cellules in that portion 

 (tliis character is evidently irregular, and may probably not always 

 be present); posterior wings as in the anterior, but the nervules are 

 margined only in the apical portion. 



Length of body (without the mandibles) about 61 mm. Expanse 

 of wings about 146 mm. (the tips of the wings damaged). 



Hah. Chia-ting-fu, Western China, 1000 ft.. May. 

 (Type Coll. McLachlan.) 



This differs very strongly from C. asiatica, Wood-Mason, 

 in the structure of the head, thorax, and mandibles, and 

 also in the markings of the body, and the peculiarly 

 tessellated appearance of the wings. 



I have a much mutilated male (wings damaged and 

 end of abdomen wanting) from Assam that probably 

 represents a third Asiatic species, more allied to C. 

 asiatica * in the form of the mandibles, but with the 

 prothorax longer, even more so than in C. orientalis. 

 From the markings on the body it could probably be 

 identified by description, but I prefer to await the 

 acquisition of a more perfect specimen. 



It may not be out of place to remark that this Assam 

 insect was no doubt regarded as a vicious animal by its 

 native captor ; its wings were torn off to prevent its 

 escape by flight, and a thread noose (still in situ) was 

 placed round its prothorax, "so that it could be led about 

 without fear of coming in contact with its mandibles, these 

 harmless members being no doubt regarded with feelings 

 of dread ; the end of the abdomen has apparently been cut 

 off from fear of the appendages or a concealed sting ! 



* In the Entomologists' Monthly Magazine, vol. xxv, p. 133, I 

 alluded to this specimen as belonging to C. asiatica. 



Explanation of Plate IX. 



[See explanation facing the Plate.] 



