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brown part there is a tinge of white ; veins tawny, brown towards 

 the tips. Length of the body 10 — 12 lines; of the wings 31 — 37 

 lines. 



a. India. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



5, c. N. Bengal. From IMiss Campbell's collection. 



d. N. India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



e, g. India. 



Ol. OXYPLEURA SUBEUFA, Fem. 



Nerviis transversus \us fere rectus, valde obliguus, angulum perob- 

 tusumjingens, 2ofere triplo ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us fere 

 rectus, obliquus, angulum perobtusum fingens, \o fere duplo 

 longior ; 3us rectus, obliquus, angulum acutum fingens ; 4us 

 subcurvus, obliquus, angulum acutum fingens, 3o multb brevior. 



Second marginal areolet full as long as the first: first cross- 

 vein nearly straight, very slanting, forming an extremely obtuse 

 angle, parted from the second by nearly thrice its length ; second 

 nearly straight, slanting, forming an extremely obtuse angle, almost 

 twice the length of the first ; third straight, slanting, forming an 

 acute angle ; fourth straight with the exception of a slight curve 

 near its fore-end, slanting, forming an acute angle, much shorter 

 than the third ; fifth curved, forming a slightly acute angle. Body 

 tawny : head and fore-chest very broad : head a little narrower 

 than the fore-chest, adorned with two black stripes, the fore one 

 forming a circlet on the face which is slightly convex, and is 

 adorned in front with a row of black bands on each side ; mouth 

 tawny with a black tip reaching the hind hips : eyes not prominent : 

 feelers black : fore-chest broadest in the middle ; scutcheon adorned 

 with two black marks on each side ; hind-scutcheon pale tawny, 

 widened, pitchy, and forming a very obtuse angle on each side : 

 scutcheon of the middle chest adorned with four black marks, the 

 side pair large and obconical, the inner pair smaller and nearly 

 round ; a black dot behind each of the latter ; hind border very 

 slightly excavated : abdomen punctured, obconical, narrower and 

 a little longer than the chest, hind borders of the segments and tip 

 mostly black : legs tawny, clothed with pale hairs ; claws pale 

 tawny with black tips : fore-wings colourless ; one-third of the 

 length from the base brown with a broad white band ; the colour- 

 less part includes a brown band, its cross-veins are clouded with 

 brown, and there are two imperfect rows of brown dots on the tips 

 of the longitudinal veins of the marginal areolets; hind-wings 

 brown, tawny at the base, adorned with a broad interrupted white 



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