272 HEMEROBIDES. 



79. CHEYSOPA AURIFERA. 



Testacea ; caput supra ferrugineum, facie rufo varia ; antenna 

 albidce, gracillimce, alls multo longiores ; prothorax antice 

 angustior, paullo longior quam latior ; thoracis discus f err u- 

 gineus ; abdomen longissimum, gracillimum, apice supra fer- 

 rugineum ; pedes albidi ; alee, limpidce, pubescentes, latissimce^ 

 basi iridescentes, apud marginem auratcc, anticcefusco bituber- 

 culatce. 



Like C. Marionella in structure. Testaceous : head ferruginous 

 above, red about the face, very pale near the mouth: antenna 

 whitish, very slender, slightly pubescent, very much longer than the 

 wings : prothorax slightly narrower in front, a little longer than 

 broad, reddish about the hind border : disk of the mesothorax and 

 of the metathorax ferruginous: abdomen very long and slender, 

 ferruginous above towards the tip : legs whitish ; wings limpid, very 

 broad, very pubescent, adorned with iridescent reflections at the 

 base, and with gilded reflections about the borders and about the 

 two brown tubercles in the disk of each fore-wing; marginal region 

 very broad ; veins pale testaceous, black about the tubercles : hind- 

 wings longer than the fore-wings. Length of the body 7 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 27 30 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



6. Ceylon. From the Rev. J. Wenham's collection. 



80. CHBYSOPA LUTEA. 



Lutea, longa, gracillima ; antenna albidce, gracillima, alis multo 

 longiores ; prothorax antice angustior, multo longior quam 

 latior; abdomen ferrugineum ; pedes albidi; alee limpidce, 

 latce, anticce tubercula una guttisque duabus fuscis, posticce 

 fusco quadriguttatce. 



This species resembles C. aurifera and Marionella, but has the 

 peculiar characters of the group less developed. Luteous, long and 

 slender : head paler than the thorax : antennae whitish, very slender, 

 much longer than the wings, pale luteous towards the base : pro- 

 thorax slightly narrower in front, much longer than broad : abdomen 

 ferruginous except at the base : legs whitish : wings limpid, broad ; 

 marginal region very deep, half the breadth of the discal region ; a 

 dark brown tubercle on the disk of the fore-wing, by the gradate 

 veinlets, which are blackish and partly clouded with brown ; a brown 



