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the tip is much dilated and occupies the whole breadth ; supra-anal lamina 

 notched. Cerci fusiform, with a piceous streak on the upper side. Legs 

 thick, short; femora and tibia? striped with black. Wings a little shorter 

 than the abdomen. Fore wings corneous, mottled with brown ; covered 

 part of the right wing brown, coriaceous ; costa slightly rounded. Hind 

 wings brown, semicoriaeeous ; costal space cinereous, speckled with brown. 

 Length of the body 13 lines; of the wings 22 lines. 



Sarawak. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Epilampra adusta. 



Fcem. Testacea, plana, longi-ovata ; caput protltoracem non superans, 

 plagis duabus anticis nigris ; oculi invicem remoti; prolkorax tuber- 

 culatum, margine anlico incisa, marginc poslico fere recto, plaga magna 

 futcescente subquadrata an/ice incisa ct utrinque nigricanle ; abdomen 

 latum, subtus nigricanle bivittat.um ; pedes robusti, breves ; ala? anlicce 

 coriaceee, abdominis apicem vix aliingentes, lituris pallidis fuscisque ; 

 aire posticm cinerea. 



Female. Testaceous, flat, elongate-oval, dull above, shining beneath. 

 Head not extending beyond the prothorax; a black patch on the front aud 

 another on the face. Eyes black, wide apart. Prothorax tuberculate, 

 rather longer than half its breadth, notched behind the head ; sides 

 rounded ; hind border nearly straight; a large brownish subquadrate patch 

 extending to the hind border, notched in front, where it is blackish on each 

 side. Seutellum with a blackish mark on each side. Abdomen much 

 broader than the thorax; underside with two curved blackish stripes which 

 are connected near the lip ; supra-anal lamina bilobed. Legs stout, short; 

 femora with short spines. Wings hardly extending to the tip of the abdo- 

 men. Fore wings coriaceous, varied with pale bi'uwn and with some pale 

 testaceous spots which are partly bordered with brown, and thus having a 

 resemblance to the plumage of a pheasant; costa slightly rounded. Hind 

 wings cinereous. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



This species differs still more than E. varia from the typical form of 

 Epilampra, and the two following species are still more aberrant. 



Sarawak. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Epilampra basifera. 



Mas. Testacea, fusifarmis ; oculi invicem sat remoti; antenna fulvce, 

 corpore breviores ; prothorax semicireulitris, subluberculatus, sub- 

 hyalinus, caput longe superans ; margine anlico non truncate, 

 margine postico vix rotundalo ; cerci breviusculi ; pedes robusti, sat 

 breves ; alee anlicie coriacea., dense punctata, fusco notatce, abdomen 

 superanles, trunco humerali basi flavo ; ula: posticm cinereie. 



Male. Testaceous, fusiform, slightly shining above, more shining 

 beneath. Head smooth. Eyes black, rather wide apart. Antennae tawny, 

 shorter than the body. Prothorax nearly semicircular, extending much 

 beyond the head, thinly and minutely tuberculate, slightly hyaline ; 

 tubercles darker than the ground hue; lore border not truncated; hind 

 border hardly rouuded, accompanied with short longitudinal ridges. 



