588 CATALOGUE OF 



veins tawny. Hind wings pellucid, purple towards the base; veins Muck, 



pale purplish towards the base. Length of the body 18 24 lines ; expansion 



of the fore wings 40 54 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon. From the Rev. J. Wenham's collection. 



c. ? 



39. ACBIDIDM KUBESCENS. 



Fojm. Fulvum; caputfulvo bistrigatum, lateribus fronteque flavescenti- 

 b MS, vcrtice antico hexagonali ; prothorax Jtavo quadrivittatus et 

 biplagialus playis quatuor fusco marginalus vittisque duabus flavis, 

 margine postico testaceo ; prosterni spinaflavescens, sat gracilis ; alts 

 anlicce dnerece, corpore longiores, vilta indelerminata e maculis 

 ttrigulisque fuscis nigro-venosis ; alee postic<e diaphance, nigro 

 venosce. 



Female. Tawny. Head smooth, yellowish on each side and in front ; 

 fore part of the vertex hexagonal ; a tawny streak proceeding from each eye 

 to the mouth; front wilh four well-defined keels, the inner pair diverging 

 slightly towards the mouth, the outer pair more diverging. Eyes elongate- 

 elliptical, wilh several longitudinal brown lines. Prolhorax scabrous, with 

 a slight dorsal ridge and wilh the usual four transverse impressed lines; 

 two yellow lateral patches (bordered on each side with brown) and a yellow 

 stripe along the margin of each side ; fore border rounded ; sides nearly 

 straight; hind border testaceous, much rounded. Prosternal spine and 

 sternum yellowish, the former straight, rather slender. Hind femora a 

 little longer than the abdomen and than the hind tibice ; spines of the latter 

 with black tips. Fore wings cinereous, longer than the body, with several 

 brown spots or short streaks, most of which have black veins and form an 

 irregular stripe which extends almost to the tip. Hind wings pellucid ; 

 veins black, pale at the base and along the interior border. Length of the 

 body 27 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 64 lines. 



. China. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



40. ACRIDIUM VINOSUM. 



Foem. Fulvum, robustum ; vertex antice subhexagonalis ; antenna 

 pallide testaceee ; prothorax strigis duabus lestaceis nonnunquam 

 interruptis ; prosterni spina testacea, breviuscula ; tibice posticce 

 albiJce, spinis nigris basi albidis ; alee anticce cinerece, corpore paullo 

 breviores, guttis plurimis subobscurioribus ; alee posticce pallidiores, 

 basi purpureo-rosece. 



Female. Tawny, stout. Head smooth ; fore part of the vertex 

 slightly hexagonal ; front thickly punctured, with four well-defined keels, 

 the inner pair diverging towards the face. Eyes lurid or piceous, elongate- 

 elliptical. Antennae pale testaceous. Prothorax scabrous, with a distinct 

 dorsal keel and with the usual four transverse impressed lines; a short 

 testaceous sometimes interrupted streak on each side; fore border slightly 

 rounded ; sides hardly undulating ; hind border elongated, rounded. 

 Prosternal spine testaceous, straight, rather short. Hind femora as long as 

 the abdomen, longer than the hind tibiae. Hind tibia? whitish; spines 



