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those of D. platyrhina ; wings colourless ; brand very pule green, 

 almost colourless, occupying five areolets in one wing, six in the 

 other ; veins green. Length of the body 4i — 5 lines ; of the wings 

 13—14 lines. 



a, b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



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^ 24. DiCTYOPHORA FERRIFERA, Fcm. 



Ferruginea viridi varia ; capitis cornu prothorace dimidio longiun^ 

 subascendens ; abdomen subfasiforme, viridi v Avium ^ thorace 

 multb longius ; pedes fulvo-vir ides ; alee limpidce. 



Body ferruginous, tinged here and there with green : head 

 hardly half the length of the chest ; crown much longer than broad, 

 with three ridges, the side pair strongly marked, the middle one very 

 shallow : protuberance nearly prismatic, slightly tapering till near 

 the tip, where it is a little widened, somewhat inclined upward, 

 forming an obtuse angle with the crown, which it exceeds by nearly 

 half in length; tip obtuse; disks of the sides green; four ridges 

 on the front and three on the epistoma: mouth tawny : fore-chest 

 conical in front, concave along the hind border, surrounded by a 

 slight ridge ; two little waved oblique ridges on the disk, and one on 

 each side near to and parallel with the borders : three ridges on the 

 scutcheon, the middle one very indistinct : abdomen nearly spindle- 

 shaped, very much longer than the chest: legs slender, tawny, 

 partly green, slightly grooved ; hind-shanks armed with five black- 

 tipped teeth : wings colourless ; a slight tawny tinge on the fore- 

 wings ; brand ferruginous, occupying four areolets; veins brown, 

 green or lawny towards the base. Length of the body 7 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



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"^ ^ 25. DiCTYOPHORA RurisTiGMA, Mas. 



Ferruginea^ viridi et fulvo varia ; capitis cornu nigrum^ fiavo 

 vittatum, corporis trienti cequale ; abdomen thorace longius^ 

 supra piceum, vittis duabus flavo-viridibus ornatum, subtus 

 fulvum; pedes fidvo-virides ; femora apice viridia ; alee an- 

 ticoB fidvcB apice fusco vittatcB. 



Body ferruginous, partly green or tawny : head hardly half the 

 breadth of the chest ; crown much longer than broad, with three 

 ridges, the middle one very indistinct, the side pair somewhat 

 rounded in front ; protuberance very slightly inclined upward, nearly 

 prismatic, black with a yellow stripe on each side, very slightly taper- 



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