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the first. Prothorax with an impression on each side near the fore border; 

 a slight transverse ridge near the hind border, elevated into a tubercle on 

 each side; sides obtusely serrated or beset with small black tubercles; 

 hind part dilated, rounded and slightly ascending on each side. Legs 

 black; tarsi luteous. Hind femora incrassated, with a few minute 

 tubercles, armed beneath with a stout tawny-tipped spine in the middle, 

 and with two shorter subapical spines. Four anterior femora with sub- 

 apical spines like those of the hind femora, but smaller. Hind tibiae 

 minutely serrated beneath, where near the base they are slightly dilated 

 and form a very obtuse angle. Tarsi luteous. Fore wings extending to 

 the tip of the abdomen, with a black patch in the disk of the corium ; 

 membrane dark ferruginous. Length of the body 13 Hues. 



a. North Hindostan. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



52. MiCTIS PROTRACTA. 



protractus, H. Sch. Wanz. Ins. ix. 247. 



Hindostan ? 



53. Mictis Japonica. 



Foem. Nigro-fusca, lata, cinereo iomentosa ; antenna: corpore mullo 

 breviores ; prothorax scaber, laleribus serratis, angulis posticis 

 rectangulatis subascendenlibus ; femora subtus apicem versus bispinu- 

 losa ; femora postica incrassata, apnd medium unispinosa ; tibia 

 posticce subtus subdilatatce et subangulata ; alee antiecp membrana 

 nigra. 



Female. Blackish brown, broad, with cinereous tomentutn. Second 

 joint of the rostrum longer than the third. Antennas much shorter than 

 the body ; joints from the first to the third successively decreasing in 

 length; fourth longer than the second, shorter than the first. Prothorax 

 scabrous, with a slight longitudinal furrow and with a slight transverse 

 ridge near the hind border; sides serrated; hind part dilated, slightly 

 ascending and forming a right angle on each side. Odorific orifices dingy 

 whitish. Femora beneath with two subapical spines. Hind femora 

 incrassated, with a spine beneath beyond the middle. Hind tibiae shorter 

 than the hind femora, slightly dilated and forming an obtuse angle for a 

 space beyond the middle. Fore wings with a black membrane. Length 

 of the body 11 lines. 



a. Japan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



54. Mictis Malaya. 

 Malaya, Stal, A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. v. 172. 

 Malacca. 



a. Siam. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



b. Singapore. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



c. Sarawak. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



d. Birmah. From Mrs Waring's collection. 



e. Java. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



