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1CHNETLMOMU-E. 



TENASSERIM: Mergui (W. DoJierfyIud. Mus.) ; CEYLON (P. N. 

 Braine, Mrs. Home). CHINA ; JAVA ; BOURBON ; AFRICA. 



I have followed Tosquinet in the diagnosis of this species, which 

 I consider, in its original form, to have been a medley of several, 

 since Brulle says (loc. cit.) : " J'ai reuni sous ce mome nom d'Ophion 

 ruftis plusieurs individus de localites assez differentes, comme Ton 

 voit, et qui ne se distinguent que pas des caractores que je n'ai 

 pas trouves suffisants pour constituer des especes bien definies," 

 though the neuration was by no means identical. He makes no 

 mention of the basally sinuate radial nervure, which renders the 

 present species closely allied to //. jlavicaptit, as well as to the 

 genus Allocamptus. 



Paniscus perforator, Smith (Ann. Nat. Hist, xvii, 1876, p. 449, $ ) 

 from Rodriguez, has been entirely erroneously synonymised with 

 this species by Dalla Torre ; its genus is correctly assigned by 

 Fred. Smith and I have examined the type in the British Museum 

 collection. 



There is in the British Museum a very large Ceylonese female 

 of 30 uiillim. with the radial cell basally infumate, the radius basally 

 less sinuate and the external cubital mark lunate ; but probably it 

 constitutes a distinct species. This species has been bred by 

 Dr. Watt, on llth September 1897, from Dasychira mendosa, 

 Hiibn. (cf. Eeport No. XIV : Tea Pest). 



282. Henicospilus unilineatus, Cam. 



Enicospilus unilineatus,C&merou, Spolia Zeylanica,190o, p. 123 ( $ ). 



c? $ . A pale testaceous species, with sparse black markings. 



Head pale flavous, shining and impunctate ; apex of clypeus broadly 



Fig. 108. Henicospilus unilineatus, Cam. 



rounded. Antennae red, with the scape and ten or eleven basal 

 flagellar joints blackish. Thorax pale testaceous, with the ineso- 



