528 CATALOGUE. OF 



23. XlPHOCERA FUMOSA. 



Mas. Ferruginea, gracillima ; capnt el prothorax subtilissimc scabra, 

 subcarinata, caput antice conicum, vix ascendens, fronte lonya sat 

 obligua ; antenna tetacece, lutiuscutce ; prothorax carinulis duabus 

 lateralibuK, margine antico recto, margine postico subrolundato ; tibiee 

 posticce spinis cequalibus; posticce a Ibidce, apices versus nigricantes. 



Male. Ferruginous, very slender, nearly cylindrical. Head and 

 prothorax very minutely scabrous, with a slight middle keel. Head a little 

 shorter than the prothorax, elonaate-conical in front of the eyes ; front long 

 and rather oblique, with four keels, of which the inner pair diverge much 

 towards the face. Eves oval, oblique, slightly prominent. Antennae 

 setaceous, rather broad towards the base, with about nineteen joints. 

 Prolhorax with a slight keel on each side; fore border straight; hind 

 border slightly rounded. Pectus with a short stout spine. Hind tibiae 

 reddish, with two rows of spines of equal length and with black tips. Hind 

 wings whitish, broadly blackish towards the tips and about the adjoining 

 part of the hinder border. Length of tbe body 14 lines; expansion of the 

 fore wings 18 lines. 



a. Corea. .Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 



24. XlPHOCERA FUMIDA. 



Mas. Ferruginea, gracillima ; caput et prothorax subtiiissime scabra, 

 subcarinata; caput antice conicum et marginatum, fronte tonga sat 

 obliqua ; prothorax carinulis duabus lateralibus, antice et postice 

 subrotundatus ; alee posticce cinerece, apices versus nigricantes. 



Male. Ferruginous, very slender, nearly cylindrical. Head and pro- 

 thorax very minutely scabrous, with a slight middle keel. Head very 

 slightly ascending, conical and with a reflexed border in front of the eyes ; 

 front lonjr, rather oblique, with four keels, the inner pair diverging towards 

 the mouth. Eyes oval, oblique, not prominent. Antenna in structure like 

 those of X. fumosa. Prothorax with a keel on each side; fore border and 

 hind border slightly rounded. Peclus with a short stout spine. Hind 

 tibia? with two rows of short spines which have black tips. Hind wings 

 cinereous, blackish towards the tips. Length of the body 16 lines; expan- 

 sion of the fore wings 20 lines. 



Closely allied to the preceding species, but the head and the prothorax 

 are rather shorter. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bovvriug, Esq. 



25. XlPHOCERA ADUSTA. 



Mas. Cinerea, gracilis ; caput et prothorax sulrugulosa ; caput antice 

 conicum acutum submarginalum, fronte breviuscula subobliqua ; 

 antenncB lanceolate, pvothorace paullo longiores ; prothorax carinulis 

 duabus lateralibus, margine anlico fere recto, margine postico sub- 

 rotundato ; tibiee posticce spinis aqualibus. 



