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three lateral lines : (1) a little iti front of mctaafigma, 

 [2) across nuMa.sti^inn, (i5) on second Literal suture. Ventral 

 surl'aco (lull ferriij,Mnous, with thin whitish pruinosity. Logs 

 hlaik, fir.st teniora yellow internally, seconil and third femora 

 f^reenish brown in basal half. Aljdoniinal sep^ments 1-3 in- 

 Hated, almost spherical (but rather considerably smaller than 

 in nfn'c(inu)n) ; -1-10 very sleiuh'r, [laraliel. »Segment 1 dull 

 greenish, obscure dorsally ; 2 similiir, bnt daik lining of 

 carina3 broader and confliitnt in posterior half cf dorsum; 

 4-6 black, on eacii side, slightly behind the middle, a yellow 

 spot, distant by about its own length from end of segment 

 and not fully touching mid-dorsal carina; 8-10 wholly 

 black. Ventral surface 1-.'} ilull greenish, with carinas nar- 

 rowly bbick ; 4-8 black, with submedian yellowish sj)0t, large 

 on 4, successively smaller j)osteriorly. Uenitalia of second 

 segment : anterii>r lamina moderate, ilepressed ; convexity 

 of basal part Hat, with many minute black spines; a very 

 small notch at end. Jlamule small ; internal branch a robust 

 triangular hook, but slightly curved sidewards, very little 

 higher than anterior hiinina ; external branch appreciably 

 shorter, separated by a narrow incision of \cyy moderate 

 depth, broadly rounded. Lobe large, almost circular in 

 outline. 



Wings slightly stained with greyish from the triangular 

 region outwards; minute vestige of yellow in cu. of hind 

 ■wings. ]\lembranule black. Vterostigma dark ferruginous, 

 between strong black veins. Venation wholly black ; only a 

 very narrow dull yellowish line at the costa anteriorly. Ar- 

 culus a little distal to Anq. 2. Anq. 13 . 13 ; t. ^^ ; ht. J-^ ; 

 1 row Ks.-Rspl. Abd. 30, hw. 30, pt.<3, length of fourth 

 segment o mm. 



5 . — Almost entirely similar to male in shape, colour, and 

 pattern. Lateral brownish lines of thorax lighter and nar- 

 rower. Abdomen but little more robust ; foliaceous dilata- 

 tions of segment 8 very narrow; vulvar scale not visible. 

 Appendages black, very acute; supra-anal tubercle and sub- 

 anal valves light yellowish. 



Minute vestige of yellow in cu. and in anal area of front 

 win«r3, slightly more yellow in hind wings : vestige in sc, in 

 cu. halfway to Cuq., one cell at membranule. Anq. 14.15; 

 doubled cells in lls.-llspl. 370 J venation otherwise as in 

 male. Abd. 29, hw. 30, pt. 3, length of fourth segment < '). 



Cyanotuemis, geu. nov. 

 Facies of lladrot/iemis, but differing in the [losition of the 



