414 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Green or testaceous, thick. Head whitish, a little narrower 

 than the fore border of the prothorax ; fore part smooth, shining ; labrum 

 white; keel of the vertex lanceolate, slightly furrowed, much shorter and 

 narrower than the first joint of the anlennte ; front lanceolate between the 

 sockets of the antenuae. Eyes tawny, elliptical, prominent. Antennae 

 blackish, testaceous towards the base. Prothorax tuberculate, keeled, with 

 two transverse impressed lines which are only apparent in the middle part ; 

 fore border and hind border rounded ; sides slightly angular, their tubercles 

 larger than those elsewhere. Fore border of the mesosternum tuberculate. 

 Oviduct black towards the tip, a little shorter than the abdomen. Legs 

 thick; spines obtuse, black, minute; four anterior femora and tibia) with 

 very few spines ; hind femora about three-sevenths of the length of the fore 

 wings, with two rows of spines; hind tibiae with eight spines, of which six 

 are on the outer side. Fore wings rather broad, longer than the body, 

 longitudinally and very finely striated; fore border nearly straight; hind 

 border rounded; space between the scapular vein and the costa with two 

 or three rows of areolets, and towards the tip with only one row ; scapular 

 and externo-medial vein closely connected and towards the lip wholly 

 united, the latter emitting four oblique branches from its hinder side, 

 between which and the interior border there are numerous irregular veins; 

 space between the anal vein and the interior border irregularly articulated. 

 Length of the body 18 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 47 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



2. ZUMALA EXALTATA. 



Fcem. Viridis aut lulescens, crassa ; frons plana, aspere punctata ; pal- 

 poritm articulus 5us clavatua* oblique truncatus ; prolhorax vix 

 carinatus ; abdomen carinatum ; oviductus abdominis dimidio panllo 

 longior ; pedes cram, breviusculi ; alee antics laltmma, margine 

 interiors valde rotundato ; ala posticce diaphance, breves. 



Female. Green or pale luteous, thick, fusiform. Head a little nar- 

 rower than the fore border of the prothorax ; keel of the vertex lanceolate, 

 slightly furrowed, much shorter than the first joint of the antennas and not 

 more than half its breadth; front flat, roughly punctured, lanceolate 

 between the sockets of the antennae. Eyes red, round, prominent. Palpi 

 rather short; apical joint clavate ; fifth joint of the maxillary obliquely 

 truncated, more than twice the length of the fourth. Prothorax luberculate, 

 with an almost obsolete longitudinal keel and with two transverse strongly 

 impressed lines which converge and are abbreviated on each side; fore 

 border and hind border very slightly rounded ; sides slightly angular. 

 Abdomen keeled above. Oviduct black towards the tip, a little more than 

 half the length of the abdomen. Legs thick, rather short; four anterior 

 femora and tibias with two rows of minute spines beneath ; middle femora 

 and middle tibiae with one row of rather large spines above; hind femora 

 less than half the length of the fore wings, with two rows of stout spines 

 beneath and with a row of larger spines above ; hind tibiie with stout 

 spines on three of the four keels. Fore wings very broad, longer than the 

 body, very much longer than the hind wings; costa slightly rounded; 

 interior border very much rounded ; areolets large, mostly irregular ; space 

 between the scapular vein and the costa very broad; scapular audexteruo- 



