64 CATALOGUE OF 



7. OBOCHARIS?? OBSCURUS. 



Eueoptera obscura, Scudder, Cent. Orth. Dec. Gryll. 

 Old Calabar. 



qq. Fore wings with the veins beyond the tympanum regular. 

 Genus 19. ITARA. 



Fcem. Corpus fusiforme, tomentosum. Caput parvum, breve, antice 

 rotundatum. Oculi mediocres, subelongali, non prominuli. Palporum 

 articulus 3us clavatus, 2o brevior. Antennae graciles. Prothorax trans- 

 versus, antice angustior, lateribus subrotundatis. Cerci abdoinine non 

 breviores. Pedes anteriores breviusculi, sat validi. Pedes postici sat 

 longi ; tibiae utrinque trispinosae. Alae anticae latiusculae, abdomen super- 

 antes, apices versus reticulatae. Alae posticae longiores. 



Female. Body fusiform, lomentose. Head and prothorax small. 

 Head shining, short, rounded in front, as broad as the fore border of the 

 prothorax. Eyes moderately large, near the hind border, slightly elon- 

 gated, not prominent. Third joint of the maxillary palpi clavate, shorter 

 than the second. Antennae slender. Prothorax narrower in front, much 

 broader than long ; lateral keels well defined ; sides slightly rounded. 

 Cerci full as long as the abdomen. Anterior legs rather short and stout. 

 Hind wings moderately long ; tibiae with three spurs on each side ; tarsi 

 with the usual structure. Fore wings somewhat broad, extending rather 

 beyond the abdomen ; transverse sectors beyond the tympanum nu- 

 merous and regular. Hind wings extending somewhat beyond the fore 

 wings. 



The tympanum is smaller than that of the preceding genus, and the 

 transverse vein which intersects it is curved. 



1. ITARA SERTCEA. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput piccum, antice subtusque fulvum ; antenna picete, 

 basijulvce; prothorax vittis duabus subcostalibus latis nigricantibus ; 

 femora postica fusco striyata, apices versus fusco unifasciata ; al<K 

 anticie cinerece, testaceo venosce. 



Male. Tawny. Head piceous, tawny in front and beneath. Antennae 

 piceous, tawny at the base. Prothorax with two broad blackish stripes 

 between the keels and the sides. Hiud femora wilh brown oblique streaks 

 on the outer side and with a brown band near the tips. Fore wings cine- 

 reous ; veins testaceous. Length of the body 8 lines. 



a. Silhet From Mr. Stainforth's collection. 



pp. Head prominent between the eyes. 

 Genus 20. MADASUMMA. 



Mas. Corpus fusiforme, tomentosum. Caput antice subcarinatum. 

 Oculi parvi, subproducli, antice angusliores. Ocelli approximate Pal- 

 porum articulus 3us subsecuriformis, 2o longior. Antennae gracillimae, 



