452 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Tawny, rather slender. Head above, antennae and prothovax 

 femigiuous. Head smooth, shining in front. Eyes testaceous. Prothorax 

 tuberculate, with two strongly impressed transverse lines. Legs rather 

 slender ; middle tibiae without spines above ; hiud femora four-sevenths of 

 the length of the fore wings. Fore wings narrow, pale luteous, longer by 

 one line than the hind wings ; veins testaceous, partly and very irregularly 

 bordered with brown; areolets large, mostly regular; scapular vein and 

 externo-medial very approximate till near the tip, where they are united. 

 Hind wings blackish cinereous ; veins brown. Length of the body 17 lines ; 

 expansion of the fere wings 42 lines. 



a. Archidona. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



35. MERONCIDIUS MARGIN IFER. 



Mas et foem. Fulmu, crassw ; frons picea ; palpi pallide testacei ; pro- 

 thorax rugulosus ; peclus et venter nigro maculata ; lamina sub- 

 genitalis testaceo ; oviductus abdomini uquilonyus ; pedes validi ; alee 

 antica sat ang us tee, testaceo venosce ; al< posticce nigrce, ferrugineo 

 marginatce. 



Male and female. Tawny, very stout. Front mostly piceous, rather 

 thickly punctured. Eyes livid, round, prominent. Palpi pale testaceous. 

 Antennae more than twice the length of the body. Prothorax rugulose, with 

 two strongly impressed transverse lines and with a slight longitudinal 

 impressed line. Pectus and under side of abdomen with black sputs on 

 each side. Cerci and subgenilal lamina testaceous ; the former stout, 

 lanceolate. Oviduct almost straight, as long as the abdomen. Legs rather 

 stout; spines with black tips; hind femora nearly two-ihirds of the length 

 of the fore wings. Fore wings rather narrow, a little longer than the hind 

 wings; veins testaceous; areolets mostly large and regular; scapular and 

 externo-medial converging slightly from the base, nearly connected at the 

 end of the scapular. Hind wings black, ferruginous along the border. 

 Length of the body 18 19 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 40 lines. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



b. Brazil. Presented by Dr. Busk. 



36. MEEONCIDIUS I.NNOTATUS. 



Mas. Testaceus, sal gracilis : labrum albidum ; antennae rufescentes ; 

 prothorax tuberculatus ; lamina subgenitalis longissima, slylis longis- 

 simis inslructa ; pedes nigro spinosi ; alee anticcc sat angustte ; alee 

 posticce cinerece,fulvo venosts. 



Male. Testaceous, rather slender, paler beneath. Head shining in 

 front; labrum whitish. Eyes brown, nearly round. Antennae reddish. 

 Prothorax tuberculate, with two strongly impressed transverse lines, the 

 hinder intersected by an extremely short longitudinal impressed line. 

 Subgenital lamina very long, with two very long styles, which very slightly 

 increase in breadth towards the tips. Legs with black spines; hind femora 

 nearly two-thirds of the length of the fore wings. Fore wings rather 

 narrow, longer by one line and a half than the hind wings ; areolets 

 mostly large and regular; scapular vein and externo-medial very approxi- 



