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whole length, and is pale yellow at each end; the under side slightly 

 widens along the whole length from the tip to the epistoma, with the 

 exception of a slight contraction between the eyes ; epistoma reddish 

 at its base, brown with yellow stripes towards its tip ; mouth tawny 

 with a black tip, reaching the hind-hips : fore-chest ferruginous, 

 slightly widened and almost angular in front, slightly concave along 

 the hind border, adorned with five bright green ridges ; the inner 

 pair a little oblique, the outer pair more oblique, and parallel to the 

 sides, which like the hind border are also green ; the compartment 

 beneath on each side of the eyes is pear-shaped, red, with a green 

 border and a bright green middle-stripe : scutcheon of the middle- 

 chest black along the fore border, adorned with three bright green 

 stripes which are slightly interrupted, on each side near the base of 

 the wing there is a bright green spot; under side black with a few 

 yellow stripes and a ferruginous border : abdomen black, obconical, 

 a little longer than the chest, adoraed with five rows of greenish- 

 tawny spots, those of the middle row are slender, and form a slightly 

 interrupted stripe, the others are irregular and much excavated ; 

 legs tawny, slightly grooved, striped with black ; feet black towards 

 the tips ; hind-shanks armed with five black-tipped spines; hind-feet 

 much widened : wings colourless ; tips of the fore-wings brown : 

 brand very dark, occupying three or four areolets according to the 

 variation of the veins ; veins black, greenish-tawny at the base. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



^ 34. DiCTYOPHOBA ALBIVITTA, MaS. 



Fulva, viridi vittata ; caput thorace paulld longius ; abdomen 

 viride, Jlavo varium, albido vittatum, apice fulvum ; pedes 

 fulvo-virides ; tibice posticcs spinis quinque armatce ; alcB lim- 

 pidce ; alee anticce apice subfulvce. 



Body tawny, spindle-shaped : head a little longer than the chest 

 and about half its breadth, slightly ascending, almost imperceptibly 

 tapering from the crown to the tip which is blunt ; upper side adorned 

 with three green stripes, the middle one more distinct than the side 

 pair ; under side adorned with a bright green ridge, and on each 

 side with a pale green stripe, the three are continued along the 

 whole length and along part of the epistoma: mouth tawny, with 

 a black tip, extending a little beyond the middle-hips : fore-chest 

 convex but not conical in front, slightly concave along the hind 

 border, which like the sides is green ; disk adorned with five bright 

 green stripes ; the inner pair curved, slightly oblique ; the outer pair 



