FAMILY MEMBRACID^. ' 155 



Telamona coHYLi. ( Plate iii, fig. 11.) 



Crest straight upon the superior edge, which inclines slightly backwards ; posteriorly it 

 is concave. Color dirty yellow : margins of the crest fuscous. There is a semicircular 

 spot on the sides beneath : apex of the wing-covers also marked with fuscous. 



Telamona ceat^gi. ( Plate iii, figs. 3, 4.) 



Dorsal crest narrow at base, high and slightly concave behind and convex before, placed 

 in advance upon the thorax. Color of the crest black or very dark brown, which is 

 prolonged upon the sides to the inferior margin of the wing-covers ; wing-covers 

 tipped also with black : sides anteriorly light, and with a light band between the two 

 dark bands. Inhabits the different species of thornapple. 



Telamona ohnata. (Plate iii, figs. 15, 16.) 



Crest wide, rounded anteriorly, sharply angulated behind : color fuscous. The pattern of 

 the ornamental markings resembles those of T, cratagi, only they are lighter and the 

 proportions somewhat different. 



Telamona acclivata. (Plate iii, figs. 9, 10.) 



Dorsal crest twice as wide at the base as at the simimil, the posterior half rising only half 

 as high as the anterior half. 



Telamona reclivata. 

 Anterior edge of the crest forming a straight line with the head ; superior line nearly 

 straight ; posterior margin large, concave. Color fuscous, lighter before than behind. 



Telamona querci. ( Plate iii, figs. 7, 8.) 



Dorsal crest wide at the base, bounded by a large concavity before and behind, convex or 

 rounded above, and about half as wide at the summit as at the base. 



Telamona tdrriculata. ( Plate iii, figs. 1, 2.) 



Thorax surmounted by a high narrow crest, rising somewhat in advance of the face j 

 posteriorly the concavity is large, and continuous with the entire back. 



Genus CERESA (Amy & Serv.). ( Plate iii.) 



Ceresa diceros ( Say). ( Plate iii, figs. 33, 34.) 



Brown : sides of the wing-covers ornamented with two dark and pointed patches of brown. 



Ceresa bubalcs (Fab.). 

 Wing-covers and thorax greenish : sides mottled with fuscous. 



