344 CATALOGUE OF 



The fore wings are shorter in proportion to the hind wings than those 

 of P. neochlora, and their longitudinal veins are much less conspicuous, 

 and the apical streak of the hind wings is longer. 



a. North Hindostan. From Capt. Reid's collection. 



36. PH^NEROPTERA PRIVATA. 



Mas. Testaceo-viridis, gracilis ; oculi fusci, elliptici, subprominuli ; 

 prothorax post ice fuscus, carinis lateralibus vix determinatis ; abdo- 

 men cercis corniculisque duobus inferioribus lanceolatis arcuatis, his 

 longioribus ; pedes graciles,femoribus libiisque spinulosis ; alee anticce 

 angustce, tympana dextro pellucido, playa basali sinistra fusca ; alee 

 posticce diaphance, striga costali apicali testaceo-viridi. 



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

 the prothorax, with the usual forked keel; front erect. Eyes brown, ellip- 

 tical, slightly prominent. Palpi with the usual structure. Antennae testa- 

 ceous, long, slender ; tirst and second joints incrassaled. Prothorax with 

 a flat disk which widens hindward ; hind part brown ; fore border hardly 

 excavated; sides straight; hind border slightly rounded; lateral keels 

 slightly defined. Mesosternum and metasteruum notched. Cerci and the 

 two lower appendages lanceolate, curved upward, the latter longer than the 

 former. Le<js long, slender; femora and tibia? with the usual minute 

 spines; hind femora iucrassated for half the length from the base; fore 

 tibiae slightly dilated at the base. Fore wings narrow, shorter than the 

 hind wings by two lines and a half; externo-medial vein emitting five 

 oblique branches, of which the fifth is forked ; areolets very minute and 

 irregular, included in larger regular areolets; space between the anal vein 

 and the hind border mostly pellucid in the right wing, brown in the left 

 wing. Hind wings pellucid, with the usual apical streak ; veins pale testa- 

 ceous ; transverse veinlets white. Length of the body 7 lines; expansion 

 of the fore wings 24 lines. 



It has much resemblance to P. rufonotata. 

 a. Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 



37. PHANEROPTEKA INSIGNIS. 



Mas. Testaceo-viridis, sat robusta, fusco conspersa ; caput albidum, 

 vertice rufescente lineis quinque pallidin ; oculi fusci, elliplici, 

 prominuli ; prothoracis carin<e lahrales vix determinates ; abdomen 

 cercis corniculisque duobus inferis lanceolatis, his may is arena tis plus 

 duplo longioribus ; pedes graciles, lonyissimi, femoribus tibiisque 

 spinulosis, tibiis tarnisque fulms ; alee antiae sat angustce, nigro 

 punctatce, apice rotundala, tympana dextro pellucido, plaga sinislra 

 basali nigra ; alee posticce diaphance, apice testaceo-virides. 



Male. Testaceous-green, smooth, rather stout. Head and prothorax 

 with brown speckles. Head whitish, shining, nearly as broad as the pro- 

 thorax ; vertex reddish, with five pale longitudinal lines and with a forked 

 keel ; front erect. Eyes brown, elliptical, prominent. Palpi with the usual 

 structure. Prothorax with a flat disk which widens hindward ; lateral keels 

 slightly defined; fore border hardly excavated; sides and hiud border 



