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sectors irregular. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 24 lines ; 

 of the wings 40 lines. 



The smaller size and slender structure di:4inguish it from A. mega- 

 cephala. 



Solomon's Isles. 



a. New Hebrides. From Mr. Cunning's collection. 



7. AGR^ECIA RUGIFRONS. 



Mas et foem. Testacea ; caput unispinosum^ prothorace latius, vertice 

 punctato lateribus sulcatin^ iineis duabus lateralibus transversis nigri- 

 canlibus, fronte rugosa nonnunquam niyricante; palpi pallide tes- 

 tacei; prnthorax aspere punctatus, transverse bisulcalus. mnrgine 

 subreflexo exparte nigro, margine pnxtico producto rotundato ; abdo- 

 men apice cornubus dnobus crassis truncatis bidentatis spinisque 

 duabus inferioribus ; pedes biseriatim spinosi, femoribus poslicis 

 uniseriatim spinosis, tibiis posticis guadriseriatim spinosis ; aloe 

 anticce densissime reticulata ; alee posticce cinerece. Fcem. Oviductus 

 fitlvus, arcuatus, abdnmine brevior. 



Male. Testaceous. Head broader than the prothorax ; vertex punc- 

 tured, obliquely furrowed on each side; an acute spine between the eyes; 

 front wilh live irregular longitudinal ridges and on each side with trans- 

 verse ridges; a blackish line on each side extending from the eye to the 

 mouth between the vertex and the front; labrum black at the base. Eyes 

 very prominent. Mandibles black towards the tips. Palpi pale testaceous ; 

 fourth joint almost as long as the third ; fifth clavate, truncated, nearly 

 twice the length of the fourth. Antennae sometimes nearly thrice the 

 length of the body. Prothorax roughly punctured, with a slightly reflexed 

 and partly black border and with two curved transverse furrows; hind part 

 elongated and rounded. Prosternum with two spines. Abdomen at the 

 tip with two large truncate bidentate appendages and with two inferior 

 spines. Legs stout ; fore coxae with one spine ; spines of the femora and 

 tibiae minute, wilh black tips or wholly black; fore femora wilh seven black 

 spines on each side; middle femora with six spines on the outer side and 

 with two on the inner side; hind femora with a single row of ten spines, 

 which successively increase in size ; fore tibiae wilh six spines on each side; 

 middle tibiae wilh from ten to twelve spines on ihe outer side and with 

 much fewer on the inner side; hind tibiae with one row of four spines and 

 with three rows of spines, each from ten to twelve in number. Wings 

 extending a little beyond the abdomen. Fore wings irregularly and very 

 thickly reticulated. Hind wings cinereous. Far. (3. Front and face 

 blackish ; labrum reddish except at the base. Middle femora with seven 

 spines on the outer side and with three on the inner side; hind femora with 

 a row of eleven spines. Female. Oviduct tawny, curved, shorter than the 

 abdomen. Length of the body 2627 lines ; of the wings 45 47 lines. 



The wrinkled front distinguishes it from A. megacephala, A.solida and 

 A. facia Us. 



ac. Fiji Isles. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 

 d, e. Fiji Isles. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



