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3. CHAULIODES SINENSIS. 



Piceus ; caput thorace latins, ad os testacewn; antennae nigrce; 

 prothorax testaceus; alee subhyalince, anticce e maculis mag- 

 nisfuscis oblique fasciata, posticce margine antico fasciisque 

 duabus fuscis. 



Male. Piceous : head broader than the prothorax, testaceous 

 towards the mouth: mandibles with black tips: antennae black, 

 deeply pectinated ; branches subclavate : prothorax testaceous : 

 legs pubescent ; knees testaceous : wings subhyaline ; fore-wings 

 with many rather large brown spots, most of which form irregular 

 oblique bands ; veins pale testaceous ; marginal region with two 

 dark brown subquadrate spots and with about twenty-seven trans- 

 verse veins which are mostly clouded with brown, are parallel to 

 each other, and towards the tip are more contiguous and more ob- 

 lique : hind-wings brown along most of the fore border, and with 

 two oblique brown bands, one in the disk darker and more complete 

 than the other which is diffuse, irregular, and interrupted, and con- 

 tains some subhyaline spots in front. Length of the body 8 9 

 lines ; of the wings 28 32 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



b. China. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



4. CHAULIODES CALIFORNICUS. 



Piceus aut obscure f err ugineus ; caput antice etpostice testacewn ; 

 metathorax flavo maculatus ; abdomen subtus rufescens ; pedes 

 nigricantes, coxis femoribusque subtus testaceis ; aloe cinerete, 

 fusco guttatce. 



Body pitchy or dark ferruginous : head broader in front, as 

 long as the prothorax, with several ridges of various length towards 

 the hind border which is testaceous in the middle : mouth testace- 

 ous : prothorax slightly rugose longitudinally, much longer than 

 broad : metathorax with a yellowish spot on the disk : abdomen 

 reddish beneath : legs blackish ; coxae and femora testaceous be- 

 neath : wings gray ; fore-wings adorned between all the veins with 

 numerous brown dots of various size and shape, a few of them 

 confluent ; veins pitchy, here and there pale testaceous ; transverse 

 veins of the marginal region with the usual structure : hind-wings 

 with very indistinct dots except along the fore border; veins piceous 

 on the costal region, testaceous elsewhere. Length of the body 10 

 lines ; of the wings 38 lines. 



a. California. From M. Hartweg's collection. 



