6 l CATALOGUE OF 



7. Orocharis ?? OBSCUUUS. 

 Eneoptera obscura, Scudder, Cent. Orlh. Dec. Gryll. 

 Old Calabar. 



qq. Fore wings wiib ibe veins beyond the tympanum regular. 



Genus 19. ITARA. 



Fcem. Corpus fusiforme, tomentosum. Caput parvum, breve, antice 

 rotundatum. Oculi mediocres, subelongali, non prominuli. Palporum 

 articulus 3us clavatus, 2o brevior. Antennas graciles. Protborax trans- 

 versus, antice angustior, lateribus subrotundaiis. Cerci abdomine non 

 breviores. Pedes anteriores breviuseuli, sat validi. Pedes postici sat 

 longi ; tibia? utrinque trispinosae. Alae anticre latiuscula?, abdomen super- 

 antes, apices versus reticulata;. Ala; posticce longiores. 



Female. Body fusiform, tomentose. Head and protborax small. 

 Head sinning, short, rounded in front, as bioad as the fore border of the 

 protborax. Eyes moderately large, near the hind border, slightly elon- 

 gated, not prominent. Third joint of the maxillary palpi ulavate, shorter 

 than the second. Antennas slender. Protborax narrower in front, much 

 broader than long; lateral keels well defined; sides slightly rounded. 

 Cerci full as long as the abdomen. Anterior legs rather short and stout. 

 Hind wings moderately long ; tibiae with three spurs on each side ; tarsi 

 with the usual structure. Fore wings somewhat broad, extending rather 

 beyond the abdomen ; transverse sectors beyond the tympanum nu- 

 merous and regular. Hind wings extending somewhat beyond the fore 

 wings. 



The tympanum is smaller than that of the preceding genus, and the 

 transverse vein which intersects it is curved. 



1. Itaka sertcea. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput piceum, antice subtusque fulvum ; antenna picea, 

 basi julva ; prolhorax vittis duabus subcoslalibus latis nigricantibus ; 

 femora poslica fusco strigata, apices versus fuscu unifasciata ; alee 

 auticie einerece, tesiaceo venosw. 



Male. Tawny. Head piceous, tawny in front and beneath. Antennas 

 piceous, tawny at the base. Protborax with two broad blackish stripes 

 between the keels and the sides. Hind femora with brown oblique streaks 

 on the outer side and with a brown band near the tips. Fore wings cine- 

 reous ; veins testaceous. Length of the body 8 lines. 



a. Silhet. From Mr. Stainforlh's collection. 



pp. Head prominent between the eyes. 



Genus 20. MADASUMMA. 



Mas. Corpus fusiforme, tomentosum. Caput antice subcarinatum. 

 Oculi parvi, subproducli, antice angusiioves. Ocelli approximate Pal- 

 porum articulus 3us subsecuriformis, 2o longior. Antenna; gracillimse, 



