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17. DUNDUBIA NIGRISTIGMA, MaS. 



Nerviis transversus \us subcurvus, subobliquus, angulum rectum 

 Jingens, 2o plus duplo ejus longitiidine divisus ; 2us valde 

 curvus, obliquus, angulum subobtusum Jingens, lo longior ; 

 Zus subcurvus, subobliquus, angulum subacutum fingens ; 4us 

 subcurmis, subobliquus, angulum subacutum fingens, 3o lon- 

 gior. 



Second marginal areolet about five-sixths of the length of the 

 first : first cross-vein slightly curved, slightly slanting, forming a 

 right angle, parted from the second by much more than twice its 

 length ; second much curved, slanting, forming a slightly obtuse 

 angle, longer than the first; third very slightly curved, slightly 

 slanting, forming a very slightly acute angle ; fourth very slightly 

 curved, slightly slanting, forming a very slightly acute angle, longer 

 than the third ; fifth nearly straight, slanting, forming an obtuse 

 angle. Body dull tawny : head much narrower than the fore-chest f 

 crown adorned with two black bands, which are arranged in an 

 elliptical form ; face convex : mouth tawny with a black tip, reach- 

 ing the hind-hips : eyes prominent : feelers black : fore-chest broad- 

 est near the base of the fore-wings : scutcheon adorned with two 

 black stripes which are widened in front and with two black reversed 

 C-shaped marks ; furrows black ; hind-scutcheon narrow in the 

 middle, much widened and slightly angular by the base of each 

 fore-wing, armed with two teeth on each side : scutcheon of the 

 middle-chest adorned with four black stripes and on the hind border 

 with four black dots ; middle stripes broad in front, united behind ; 

 hind border veiy slightly excavated : abdomen obconical, much 

 longer than the chest ; hind borders of the segments adorned with 

 black bands whose outlines are very irregular ; disk beneath and tip 

 black : opercula dull lawny, large, nearly meeting on the back ; 

 drums tawny, small, not extending beyond the base of the abdo- 

 men : legs tawny ; fore-shanks, fore-feet and tips of the shanks and 

 of the feet black ; claws black towards the tips ; fore-thighs armed 

 with two rather long black teeth : wings very slightly tinged with 

 brown ; veins black, tawny along the fore border with the exception 

 of the brand, which is black ; cross-veins clouded with brown ; a 

 a row of very small brown spots on the tips of the longitudinal veins 

 of the marginal areolets ; flaps brown at the base. Length of the 

 body 10 lines; of the wings 28 lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



