SIALID. 207 



testaceous ; marginal region with about thirty-five transverse veins, 

 which are mostly parallel to each other and at equal distances. 

 Length of the body 14 lines ; of the wings 46 lines. 



a, b. Nepaul. From the Hardwicke bequest. 



14. HERMES COSTALIS. 



Testaceus ,* caput ihorace multo latins ; antenna nigrce ; prothorax 

 vittis duabus laterallbus interruptis nigris ; abdominis seg- 

 menta marginibus posticis nigricantibus ; tibiae tarsique nigra ; 

 alte subcinerece, antica maeulis albidis. 



Testaceous : head longer and much broader than the prothorax : 

 mandibles black : antennae black ; first and second joints testaceous : 

 prothorax with a black interrupted stripe on each side : hind borders 

 of abdominal segments blackish : tibiae and tarsi black, the former 

 pale testaceous towards the base : wings slightly gray, very shining ; 

 fore-wings with some round indistinct whitish spots of various size ; 

 veins testaceous ; marginal region with about thirty-eight transverse 

 veins which are mostly parallel to each other, and towards the tip 

 are more contiguous and occasionally forked ; a brown transverse 

 spot in each of the areolets formed by these veins. Length of the 

 body 11 12 lines ; of the wings 44 48 lines. 



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



15. HERMES? GRISEUS. 



Alis cinereis albo maculatis. 



Hemerobius griseus, Pabr. Sp. Ins. i. 386, 2 ; Mant. Ins. i. 244, 2 ; 

 Ent. Syst. ii. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2638, 16. 



Tropical Africa. 



16. HERMES ? ATRATUS. 



Magnus, ater ; thorace hirto ; abdomine cylindrico ; alis albidis, 

 anticis nigro maculatis. 



Hemerobius atratus, Fabr. Sp. Ins. i. 386, 3 ; Mant. Ins. i. 244, 3 ; 

 Ent. Syst. ii. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2638, 17. 



Tropical Africa. 



T 2 



