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8. PHYLLOPALPUS LYCOIDES. 



Mas. Luteus, linearis ; caput piceum; palpi nigri, articulo 3o oblique 

 truncato ; antennae nigrce, gracillima ; pedes nigri, longiusculi, tibiis 

 anticis vix dilatatis,femoribmposticisluteis; alee anticce lutece aut 

 picece, abdominis apicem attingentes ; al<e posticce abdomine plus 

 duplo longiores. 



Male. Luteous, slender, linear. Head piceous. Eyes rather promi- 

 nent. Palpi black, rather long ; third joint obliquely truncated. Antennae 

 black, very slender. Legs black, slender, rather long ; coxae and hind 

 femora luteous ; hind tibiae with slender spines. Fore wings extending to 

 the tip of the abdomen. Hind wings pellucid, more than twice the length 

 of the abdomen, black along the costa. Far. /3. Fore wings piceous, 

 luteous at the base. Length of the body 2^ lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Hooker. 



b. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Thwaites. 



mm. Fore wings of the male very broad. 

 n. Prothorax not narrower in front. 



Genus 24. EUREPA. 



Mas etfoem. Corpus gracile, tomentosum, sublineare. Caput inter 

 oculos subquadratum. Oculi subprominuli. Palporum articulus 3us sub- 

 securiformis. Antennae corpore duplo longiores. Prothorax transversus. 

 Cerci abdomine multo longiores. Oviducius corpore fere duplo longiores. 

 Tibiae posticae utrinque serratae et trispinosae. Alae anticae abdominis apicem 

 attingentes (mas.) aut breviores (fcem.), tympano maximo, venis trans- 

 versis paucis. Alae posticaj breves. 



Male and female. Body slender, tomentose, nearly linear. Head as 

 broad as the prothorax, shining in front, somewhat quadrate and slightly 

 prominent between the eyes. Eyes rather prominent. Third joint of the 

 palpi slightly securiform. Antennae slender, about twice the length of the 

 body. Prothorax transverse, in structure like that of Nemobius. Dorsal 

 segments of the abdomen overlapping the ventral segments. Cerci 

 much longer than the abdomen. Oviduct nearly twice the length of the 

 body. Legs moderately slender ; hind tibiae minutely serrated and with 

 three postmedial spines on each side. Fore wings as long as the abdomen 

 in the male, rather more than half the length of the abdomen in the female ; 

 tympanum extremely broad ; transverse veins four. Hind wings shorter 

 than the abdomen. 



I. EUREPA MAEGINIPENNIS. 



Mas. Picea, subpilosa, fulvo conspersa ; prothorax testaceo bivittatus, 

 lateribus nigris ; abdomen nigrum, apice cercisque piceis ; pedes 

 picei, femoribus posticis fulvis piceo strigalis ; ala anticce cinerece, 

 tympano diapliano. 



Fcem. Nigra , capilis latera subtusfulva ; palpi picei ; prothorax piceus, 

 lineis duabus testaceis, lateribus nigris ; venter apice pallide testaceus; 

 pedes fulvescente ; ala antica fulvce. 



Acheta ? marginipennis, White, Grey's Journ. Exp. App. ii. 467. 



