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34. Btthoscopus doesalis. 



Fuscus, Jiavo notatus ; pectoris segmenta picea, Jlavo marginata ; 

 abdomen nigrum, fulvo fasciatum, subtus apice fulvum; pedes 

 nigri ; pedes postici Jlavi, nigra viitati ; alee anticce albo 

 guttatce ; alee posticce cinerece. 



Dark brown, varied with pale yellow marks: head extremely 

 short, as broad as the head, slightly rounded along the fore border, 

 rather more convex behind ; crown transversely striated ; its length 

 in the middle much less than that on each side ; face punctured, al- 

 most flat : chest very finely striated across : pectoral segments 

 pitchy, with yellow borders : abdomen black ; hind borders of the 

 segments tawny ; underside tawny towards the tip : legs black ; 

 hind-legs yellow, striped with black: fore-wings thickly covered 

 with whitish dots, which form a short slightly oblique stripe in the 

 disk near the base : hind-wings gray. Length of the body 3^^ — 4 

 lines ; of the wings 7 — 8 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



b. .^ Presented by the Entomological Club. 



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35. Bythoscopus nigeceneus. 



Nigroceneus, fulvo varius ; pectus nigrum ; abdomen nigrum, late- 

 ribus basi subtusque ferrugineum ; pedes nigri, femoribus 

 basi genuhusque fulvis, tarsis posticis basi Jiavis ; alee anticce 

 albido guttatce et basi fasciatcB ; alee posticee cinereee. 



Bronze-black : head formed like that of B. dorsalis. Some 

 tawny marks on each side of the face, and of the epistoma : shield 

 with numerous tawny marks, transversely striated ; scutcheon 

 slightly rugulose, with very few tawny marks : a smooth triangular 

 compartment on each side of the fore border : breast black : abdomen 

 black, ferruginous on each side at the base ; underside ferruginous, 

 with a pitchy tip : legs black : thighs towards the base and knees 

 tawny ; hind-feet yellow at the base ; fore-wings with dingy-white 

 marks, which are most numerous and partly confluent towards the 

 tips ; an oblique dingy-white band near the base : hind-wings dark 

 gray. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. "Van Diemen's Land. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



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