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the tip is much dilated and occupies the whole hreadlh; supra-anal lamina 

 notched. Cerci fusiform, with a piceous streak on the upper side. Legs 

 thick, short; femora and tibiae striped with black. Wiugs a little shorter 

 than the abdomen. Fore wings corneous, mottled with brown ; covered 

 part of the right wing brown, coriaceous ; costa slightly rounded. Hind 

 wings brown, semicoriaceous ; costal space cinereous, speckled with brown. 

 Length of the body 13 lines; of the wings 22 lines. 



Sarawak. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



EPILAMPRA ADUSTA. 



Fo3m. Testacea, plana, longi-ovata ; caput prothoracem non superans^ 

 plagis duabus anticis nigr is ; oculi invicem remoti ; prothorax tuber- 

 culatus, margins antico inciso, margine postico fere recto ^ plaga magna 

 fuscescente subquadrata antice incisa et utringue nigricante ; abdomen 

 latum, subtus nigricante bivittatum ; pedes robusti, breves ; alee anlicce 

 coriacece, abdominis apicem vix attingentes, lituris pallidis fuscisque ; 

 alts postica cinerecE. 



Female. Testaceous, flat, elongate- oval, dull above, shining beneath. 

 Head not extending beyond the prothorax ; a black patch on the front and 

 another on the face. Eyes black, wide apart. Prolhorax tuberculale, 

 rather longer than half its breadth, notched behind the head; sides 

 rounded ; hind border nearly straight; a large brownish subquadrate patch 

 extending to the hind border, notched in front, where it is blackish on each 

 side. Scutellum with a blackish mark on each side. Abdomen much 

 broader than the thorax ; under side with two curved blackish stripes which 

 are connected near the tip ; supra-anal lamina bilobed. Legs stout, short; 

 femora with short spines. Wings hardly extending to the tip of the abdo- 

 men. Fore wings coriaceous, varied with pale brown and with sotue pale 

 testaceous spots which are partly bordered with brown, and thus having a 

 resemblance to the plumage of a pheasant; costa slightly rounded. Hind 

 wings cinereous. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



This species differs still more than E. varia from the typical form of 

 Epilampra, and the two following species are still more aberrant. 



Sarawak. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 







EPILAMPRA BASIFEBA. 



Mas. Testacea, fusiformis ; oculi invicem sat remoti; antenna fulvae, 

 corpore breviores ; prothorax semicircularis, sub tuber culatus, sub- 

 hyalinus, caput longe superans ; margine antico non truncate, 

 margine postico vix rotundato ; cerci breviusculi ; pedes robusti, sat 

 breves ; al& anticce coriacea, dense punctata, fusco notatce, abdomen 

 superanteSj trunco humerali basijlavo ; alee postica cinerece. 



Male. Testaceous, fusiform, slightly shining above, more shining 

 beneath. Head smooth. Eyes black, rather wide apart. Antennse tawny, 

 shorter than the body. Prothorax nearly semicircular, extending much 

 beyond the head, thinly and minutely tuberculate, slightly hyaline ; 

 tubercles darker than the ground hue; fore border not truncated; hind 

 border hardly rounded, accompanied with short longitudinal ridges. 



