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abdomen slightly obconical, a little longer and broader than the 

 chest : legs pale tawny, slightly grooved ; a single black-tipped spine 

 on each hind-shank : wings broad ; fore-wings very pale tawny, al- 

 most colourless towards the tips, adorned on the veins with numerous 

 brown dots, some of which are confluent; a brown baud across each 

 at one-third from the base ; veins pale tawny ; a broad convex mem- 

 brane along the fore border and at the tip, slightly waved, furnished 

 with numerous veins, most of which are connected by a band of 

 cross-veins; hind-wiugs whitish ; veins pale straw-colour. Leno-ih 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. French rocks, near Madras. Presented by Mrs. Capt. Hamilton. 



^ 9. Elidiptera fimbria, Fern. 



Lutea ; mesnthorax fuscus ; abdomen hasi nigrum; pedes fidvi ; 

 alee anticcB Jlavo-fusccB, macuLis nigro-fuscis ornatce^ ad costam 

 dilatatce : alee postica: subcinerecB. 



Body pale dull luteous : head conical, a little longer than the fore- 

 chest, having a slight ridge on each side border; front widest be- 

 tween the eyes: mouth tawny, nearly reaching the hind-hips : eyes 

 not prominent : fore-chest truncate in front, slightly ridged along the 

 middle, hardly excavated on the hind border, paler than the head: 

 middle-chest pale brown, with two ridges which are oblique in front: 

 abdomen elliptical, longer than the chest, marked with black at the 

 base : legs tawny, slightly grooved ; a single black-tipped spine near 

 the tip of each hind-shank : wings broad ; fore-wings pale yellowish- 

 brown, with small irregular dark brown marks, which are chiefly on 

 the veins, convex, much widened and furnished with numerous veins 

 along the fore border; veins pale tawny: hind-wings pale gray; 

 veins tawny. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 

 a. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's collection 



V C> 10. Elidiptera Occidentis, Mas. 



Fulva, fusiformis, nigro maculata ; prolhorax viridis ; abdomen 

 Jiavo fascialum ; pedes fulvi ; ala anticce fidvce, fusco macu- 

 latcB, basi subtuberculatce, apice sublimpida^ad costam dilatatce • 

 alee posticcB albidce, apice subcinerecB. 



Body tawny, spindle-shaped: head convex in front, concave on 

 the hind border, slightly marked with black, very little longer than 

 the fore-chest ; front luteous, flat, broadest in the middle : mouth 

 luteous, reaching near to the hind-hips; antennse pale luteous, long, 

 cylindrical; second joint nearly twice the length of the first: eyes 



