446 CATALOGUE OF 



impressed lines. Oviduct testaceous, almost straight, black for half the 

 length from the tip, a little longer than the abdomen. Legs stout; spines 

 with black tips; hind femora nearly three-filths of the length of the fore 

 wings. Fore wings tapering slightly towards the tips, longer by two lines 

 than the hind wings; areolets mostly large and regular; scapular vein 

 approximate to the externo-raedial till near the tip, where it is branching. 

 Hind wings blackish, with very numerous pellucid spots which form irre- 

 gular bands; costal space pellucid ; veins testaceous. Length of the body 

 21 lines; expansion of the fore wings 62 lines. 



22. MERONCIDIUS VARIUS. 



Mas. Testaceus ; caput nigricanle maculatum et unifasciatum, 

 labro albido ; antennae ferrugineo fascia tee ; prothorax niyricante 

 octovittatus, sulco antico abbreviate, margine antico producto uni- 

 tuberculato ; lamina subgenitalis styli lanceolati, pilosi, longissimi, 

 subtus excavati ; pedes robusti, nigricante nebulosi, tibiis inlermediis 

 subdilalatis ; ala antics cinerece, longce, nigricante maculatce, viridi 

 venosce et reticulatce, basi albido reticulate ; alee posticce nigricantes, 

 pauflo longiores, apud costam diaphance. 



Mule. Testaceous. Head with blackish spots along the hind border, 

 and with an irregular blackish band adjoining the keels, which are 

 connected and obtuse in front ; labrum whitish. Antenna? with ferruginous 

 bands; first and second joints partly blackish. Prothorax with eight irre- 

 gular blackish stripes ; the middle pair connected where they are traversed 

 by the two furrows, of which the fore one is abbreviated and the hind one 

 curved; fore burder much rounded, with a small tubercle; hind border 

 rounded, slightly elevated. Styles of the subgenital lamina lanceolate, 

 pilose, concave beneath, very long. Legs stout, slightly pilose, partly 

 clouded with blackish ; hind femora a little less than five-sevenths of the 

 length of the fore wings; middle tibiae slightly dilated; spines on the 

 upper side of the hind tibia? black towards the base. Fore wings cinereous, 

 much longer than the body, a little shorter than the hind wings ; veins and 

 reticulation green, the latter whitish towards the base; some small blackish 

 marks adjoining the veins ; scapular vein approximate to the externo-medial 

 till near the tip, where it diverges to the costa. Hind wings blackish, 

 pellucid and with testaceous veins along the costa. Length of the body 

 16 lines; expansion of the fore wings 45 lines. 

 a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



23. MERONCIDIUS CIRCOMDATUS. 



Fcem. Fulvus, sat gracilis ; antennce pice<, testaceo fasciata ; prolhorax 

 subtiliter tuberculalus, piceo interrupte bivittatus ; oviductus niger, 

 subarcuatus, basi testaceus, abdornine paullo lungior ; pedes robusti; 

 alee anticce anguslce ; aloe posticce niyricantes, breviores, cinereo 

 marginatce. 



Female. Tawny, rather slender. Head smooth, shining in front. 

 Antenna; piceous, testaceous towards the base and with testaceous bands. 

 Prothorax minutely tuberculate, with two abbreviated and irregular piceous 

 siripes, and with two transverse impressed lines. Oviduct black, slightly 



