342 CATALOGUE OF 



The black spines of the femora distinguish this species from P. rufo- 

 notata. The large areolets of the fore wings are more regular and more 

 clearly defined than those of the typical species, such as P. falcata and 

 P. angustifolia. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



23. PHANEEOPTERA NEOCHLORA. 



Mas et fo3m. Viridis, gracilis ; Labrum album ; oculi parvi, prominuli, 

 subovati ; antenna testacete ; prothoracis carinte laterales bene deter- 

 minates ; pedesgraciles,femoribusspinulosis; alee anticce angustce ; 

 al<e posticcs diaphana, apud costa apicem viridi strigala. Mas. 

 Prothorax et capitis vertex vitta ochracea fusco submarginata ; abdo- 

 men fusco uniplagiatum ; cerci lanceolati, arcuati; cornicula duo 

 in/era longiora, valde arcuata ; ala antica sinistra margine postico 

 ochraceo. Fcem. Prothorax et capitis vertex iuteo unilineati ; ovi- 

 ductus abdominis dimidio cequilongus. 



Male and female. Vivid grass-green, smooth, slender. Head a little 

 narrower than the prothorax, with a short keel between the eyes ; front 

 shining, upright; labrum white. Eyes brown or pale livid, small, promi- 

 nent, slightly oval. Palpi with the usual structure. Antennae testaceous, 

 long, slender. Prothorax with well-defined lateral keels; fore border 

 hardly excavated ; sides and hind border slightly rounded. Mesosternum 

 and metasternum notched. Legs long, slender ; femora and tibiae with the 

 usual minute spines. Fore wings narrow, shorter than the hind wings by 

 one line and a half; areolets very numerous and minute and irregular; the 

 larger areolels not very conspicuous. Hind wings pellucid ; veins white ; 

 a streak along the apical part of the costa like the fore wings in colour and 

 texture. Male. Prothorax and vertex of the head with an ochraceous 

 stripe which is partly and slightly bordered with brown. Abdomen with a 

 brown patch near the base. Cerci lanceolate, curved upward, shorter than 

 the lower appendages, which are much curved upward. Left fore wing 

 with an ochraceous line along the hind border, widened near the base to the 

 anal vein. Female. Prothorax and vertex of the head with a luteous line. 

 Oviduct deep, much curved upward, about half the length of the abdomen. 

 Length of the body 7 8 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 25 27 

 lines. 



It may be a local variety of P. rufonotata. 

 a c. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 



34. PHANEROPTERA PUNCTIFEKA. 



Mas. Testaceo-viridis, gracilis ; oculi fusci, ovati, prominuli ; antennae 

 fulva, basi testacece ; prothorax nigricante conspersus, pallido quinque- 

 lineatus, carinis lateralibus bene determinatis ; abdomen corniculis 

 duobus inferis longis subarcuatis ; pedes graciles,femoribus tibiisque 

 spinulosis ; alee antica angusta, nigro punctatce ; alceposticce diaphante 

 striga costali apicali testaceo-viridi nigro punctata. 



Male. Testaceous-green, smooth, slender. Head almost as broad as 

 the prothorax, with the usual forked keel between the eyes; fore part 



