412 ]\Ir. W. F. Kirby— .Vo^es 07i BlattldaB. 



mefanotum almost united. There are probably several 

 species united under the name of P. javanka in various col- 

 lections ; but we require longer series, showing the various 

 forms of the species from each locality, before this can be 

 done satisfactorily. 



Panesthia (cthiopis, Stoll. 

 Watfa cethiopis, Stoll, Blatt. pi. 1 d. fig. 3 (1813). 



Hah. Philippines, 



This is a much larger and darker insect than the common 

 P.javanica, Serv., with which it is usually considered to be 

 synonymous. 



Panesthia rujiceps, sp. n, 



SizCj shape, and general appearance of P.javanica, Serv. ; 

 front femora likewise trispinose, and tlie punctuation very 

 similar. Differs as follows : — Dark brownish red, instead of 

 black mixed with red ; the centre of the pronotum, the 

 terminal plate of the abdomen above and below, and the 

 labium shading into blackish. Head otherwise light red 

 (black in typical P. javanica), smooth and shining, clypeus 

 below transversely striated. Tegmina rather lighter chestnut 

 than in P. javanica. Pronolum in front with a distinct 

 central carina in the male, but scarcely more excavated in 

 front in the male than in the female. 



Larva with more or less distinct oblique red marks on the 

 meso- and metanotum, often curving round behind into a 

 continuous band, and frequently with additional red marks 

 on the sides. 



Hah. Christmas Island. 



The difference in the larvse, is quite sufficient to establish 

 the claims of this insect to be regarded as a distinct species. 



Panesthia Tepperi, n. n. 



WPanesthxa transversa, Tepp. (nee Burm.), Tr. E. Soc. S. Austral, xvii. 

 p. 125 (1893). 



Hah. Port Darwin, Northern Territory of South Australia. 



Differs, according to tJie description, from the other yellow- 

 banded species of Panesthia in the band on the tegmina 

 being interrupted. 



Panesthia morosa, sp. u. 



Long. corp. 26-28 millim. ; exp. tegm. 48-53 millim. 

 Head and body black, a dot within each antenna, the 



