522 CATALOGUE OF 



on the outer side, very long on the inner side. Fore wings shorter than 

 the abdomen, much rounded at ihe tips. Hind wings pule luteous, some- 

 what shorter than the fore wings; veins luteous. Length of the body 

 37 lines; expansion of the fore wings 45 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Badgerley's collection. 



12. XlPHOCEHA AUR1PENNIS. 



Foam. Luteo-viridis ; caput fusco bivittatum, antice triangulare ; pro- 

 thorax tuberculatus, carina media indeterminata, carinis duabus 

 lateralibus sat conspicuis, margine postico producto acuto ; femora 

 poslica supra spinulosa; alee anticee breves, attenuates, apice rotundatee, 

 villa poslica lestucea nigro maryinala ; alee posticee aurato-Jlavee,apice 

 viridescenles. 



Female. Luteous-green. Head smooth ; vertex with two brown 

 stripes, which converge between the eyes; cone in front of the eyes 

 triangular, broader than long; front with the usual four keels. Eyes 

 tawny, elongate-elliptical, prominent. Prothorax tuberculate, with three 

 transverse impressed lines, with an indistinct middle keel and with two 

 more defined lateral keels; hind border elongated and acutely angular. 

 Prosternum with a long erect spine. Hind femora with a row of very 

 minute spines above and with two beneath ; spines of the hind tibiae very 

 short on the outer side, very long on the inner side. Fore wings much 

 shorter than the abdomen, attenuated towards the tips, which are rounded ; 

 a testaceous stripe on the hind border, with a black line along its inner 

 side. Hind wings gilded yellow, greenish about the tips, somewhat shorter 

 than the fore wings. Length of the body 33 lines ; expansion of the fore 

 wings 42 lines. 



Nearly allied to X. tricristata ; in the description of the latter there is 

 mention of a black line in the fore wings. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Mornay's collection. 



13. Xll'HOCERA BASALIS. 



Mas et foem. Ferruginea; caput subrugulosum, subcarinatum, antice 

 longi-conicum lateribus reflexis ; antennee setaceee, apices versus 

 picece ; prothorax crista angulata carinisque duabus laleralibus 

 obliquis tuberculatis, margine poxtico producto peracuto ; femora 

 postica carinis denlatis ; alee oblique truncates; alee anticee piceo 

 quadriplayiatee ; alee posticee basi subcteruleee. 



Male and female. Ferruginous. Head slightly rugulose, slightly 

 keeled above, forming in front ot the eyes an elongated cone with reflexed 

 sides; the two middle keels beneath parallel and approximate for half the 

 length, diverging much towards the mouth. Eyes large, fusiform, oblique, 

 prominent. Antennae flat, slender, setaceous, piceous towards the tips, 

 longer than the prothorax. Prothorax with an oblique slightly tuberculated 

 keel on each side, arid with a slightly tuberculated crest which forms an 

 obtuse angle towards the much elongated and very acute hind part. Pro- 

 sternum with an erect acute spine. Hind femora with minutely dentate 

 keels; spines of the bind tibiae rather longer on the inner side than on the 

 outer. Wings obliquely truncated at the tips. Fore wings with four 



