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5. RHINOCYPHA QUADRIMACULATA De Selys. 



Material studied: Burma, collet'tiou AYilliamsou, 1 male. 



This single specimen, which 1 was disposed to. regard as belonging 

 to an undescribed race, has been examined by Professor Forster who 

 writes that it agrees perfectly with specimens from Sikkim in his col- 

 lection, pronounced qiKidiuiiKiodata l)y De Selys. This specimen is 

 smalh^r, rather than larger, than finedrella. It may be described as 

 follows: Abdomen 1!> mm. ; hind wing 21. Head in front clear shining 

 T)lack, eyes chestnut brown; head aboye sliining ])Iack; lateral ocelli 

 orange, a closely adjacent spot external to each ocelhis, same size as 

 the ocellus, yellow, and behind these spots, at either end of the pos- 

 terior ridge of the occiput, is an orange spot; these two last-described 

 spots and the anterior ocellus are at the three angles of an e<{uilateral 

 triangle; tip of second joint of antenna* dull yellow. Prothorax black, 



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Fig. 8. — Wings of male rhinocypha quadkIiMaculata from Bukma. 



posterior lobe with a narrow, sharply detined, longitudinal median 

 yellow stripe; thorax black, median triangular area reaching the 

 antealar sinus, pink in color, narrower than in feiwdreJla., the sides 

 slightly conca\'e. Lateral sclerites with reduced yellow stripes below; 

 tliese stripes together giye the impression of a nearl}" continuous 

 longitudinal line parallel to the coxa* and extending posteriorly to the 

 tirst abdominal segment; the stripe on the metepisternum is placed 

 just before the second lateral suture and extends from the metinfrae- 

 pisternum two-thirds of the distance to the base of the hind wing; 

 humeral suture with the merest yellow streak above. Legs black, 

 femora of the two last [)air lighter beneath apically; tibi;e of two last 

 pair with heayy chalky- white })i'uinescence beneath; pectus black. 

 Wing markings as figured; in the hind wing ?> rows of yitreous spots; 



