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14. Issus coNCOLOR, Mas. 



FtiscuSyfiUvo maculatus ; thorax fulvo carinatus ; abdomen suht us 

 fulvum; pedes fulvi ; alcB anticcB testacea ; alee posticce nigrcB. 



Body brown : head as broad as the chest, a little narrower than 

 the fore-wing near the base, slightly angular on the fore border, 

 equally concave behind, partly tawny on each side, with a slight lon- 

 gitudinal middle suture ; border tawny, ridged ; its breadth full twice 

 its length ; front large, adorned with tawny dots, widening much 

 towards the epistoma, near which it is contracted and has a concave 

 fore border ; a row of impressions along each side ; middle longi- 

 tudinal ridge and that round the border slight; a more distinct con- 

 vex cross-ridge near the crown ; its length exceeding its breadth ; 

 epistoma lanceolate, about half the breadth of the front : fore-chest 

 adorned with tawny spots, a little longer than the crown, very convex 

 in the middle of the fore border, hardly concave on each side, straight 

 along the bind border ; longitudinal middle ridge and the borders 

 lawny : middle-chest triangular, a little longer than the fore-chest, 

 with three ? tawny ridges : abdomen slightly obconical, shorter than 

 the chest, tawny beneath, with a long slender hairy incurved append- 

 age at the tip : legs tawny ; hind-shanks armed with two teeth whose 

 tips are black : fore-wings testaceous, convex but hardly dilated on 

 the fore border ; veins ferruginous ; cross-veins pale yellow : hind- 

 wings blackish, veins black. Length of the body If line; of th| 

 wings 5 lines. 



15. Issus coNSPERsus, Mas. 



Fulvus^ nigro-guttatus, Jlavo striatus ; abdomen vinde, nigro fas- 

 ciatum ; pedes fulvo-inrides, nigro et fusco varii ; alcefuscee^ 

 anticdB nigro punctatce. 



Body tawny : head about one-third of the breadth of the fore- 

 wings near the base, mostly yellow on each side and behind : crown 

 much broader than long, somewhat angular in front, slightly concave 

 on the hind border, crested and black on each side ; front rather long, 

 notched next the crown, yellow with black spots along each side ; 

 having a middle ridge which is continued along the epistoma ; the 

 latter is triangular, as long as the front, and has a row of oblique 

 black streaks along each side: mouth lawny: fore-chest a little 

 longer than the crown, straight along the hind border, very convex 

 in front, -partly yellow on each side and with a yellow middle stripe, 

 adorned with numerous black dots, its length about one-fourth of its 



