342 TEXTHREDINIDJE. 



antennae dark chestnut, with the basal joint black. Face yellow, 

 as far as the middle of the eyes ; a short black stripe running down 

 to the base of each antenna ; cheeks broadly yellow, the colour 

 bifurcating above ; two yellow lines on the occiput running to the 

 eyes, and two short yellow lines within them at the base of the 

 usual grooves. Prothorax, a divided triangular spot in front of 

 mesothorax, scutellum, and postscutellum yellow. Pectus black, 

 with two yellow spots before the front coxse and three large ones on 

 the sides ; legs yellowish, shading into rufous-brown at the extre- 

 mities. Abdomen black above, segments 3-5 and the terminal 

 segment mostly reddish ; beneath dull reddish or yellowish, finely 

 punctured, with a black band on the fourth and a narrower one on 

 The fifth segment, and the last segment almost wholly yellow. 



Hob. Amoor. 

 a. 8- (Type.) Amoor. 



56. Pamphilius venustus. 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 11.) 



Lyda venustus, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loncl. 1874, p. 384. 



Exp. al. 1 poll. 1 lin., long. corp. 6 lin. 



Black ; segments 2-5 of the abdomen dull orange. Head and 

 thorax closely punctured ; face and cheeks reddish ; clypeus, part 

 of the outer edge of the mandibles, and the palpi yellow ; a yellow 

 stripe behind each eye, extended to the occiput, and two short 

 grooves between the aforesaid stripes, yellow ; antenna? with the 

 basal joint yellowish, then reddish to two thirds of their length, and 

 the apical third blackish ; prothorax, scutellum, and postscutellum 

 yellow ; legs ochreous, femora yellow ; abdomen beneath with 

 three yellow transverse stripes, one on the fifth segment on an 

 orange ground, and two on the following black segments. Wings 

 yellowish hyaline, with piceous ncrvures, tips clearer ; stigma black, 

 with a yellow spot on the inside ; costal cell clear, edged with yel- 

 lowish in front. 



Hah. Japan. 

 a. 2 • (Tyre.) Hakodadi. II. Whitely, Esq. 



57. Pampliilhis volatilis. 



(Plate XIII. fig. 13.) 



Lyda volatilis, Smith, Trans. Ent . Soc. Land. 1874, p. 384. 



Exp. al. 9 lin., long. corp. Ah lin. 



Black ; clypeus. cheeks, three spots between the eyes, a curved 

 line behind them, edges of collar, tegiilse, a triangular spot in front, 



