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broader than long, surrouDded by a slight rim ; epistoma small ; 

 m.outh lawny : fore-chest hardly longer than the crown, nearly 

 straight behind, slightly convex on the fore border, along which there 

 is a black band; its breadth more than thrice its length: middle- 

 chest short, hardly longer than the fore-chest, nearly triangular, with 

 a black interrupted band in front : abdomen obconical, much longer 

 than the chest : legs red ; fore legs rather broad and flat; fore-shanks 

 striped with black ; hind-shanks armed with five spines ; feet partly 

 black : fore-wings green with an oblique black band at the base, 

 black along the tips, near which there is another oblique black band 

 in the disk ; two white dots in the middle, one near the fore border, 

 the second near the hind border, and nearer the tip than is the first; 

 veins green : hind-wings white, green towards the tips which are 

 black ; an oblique black spot on the fore border near the tip ; veins 

 pale yellow. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Assam. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



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Cervina, nigro fuscoque guttata^ pectus stramineitm ; abdomen 

 apice nigro fasciatum ; pedes straminei, nigro varii ; femora 

 pallide viridia ; alee anticce cervina nigro guttatce, apice lim- 

 pidie ; al(B postiace limpidce, apice nigro maculatce. 



Body fawn-colour, irregularly dotted with brown and black : 

 head nearly as broad as the chest ; crown very slightly arched, its 

 breadth much more than twice its length : front straw-colour with 

 small ferruginous marks, transversely angular towards the epistoma 

 where it is concave ; its breadth about twice its length ; epistoma 

 lanceolate, feriiigiuous, straw-colour at the base: mouth tawny, 

 reaching a little beyond the middle-hips: fore-chest convex in front, 

 straight behind, not longer than the crown, its breadth about four 

 times its length : middle-chest longer than the fore-chest, with five 

 indistinct ridges; scutcheon small, triangular, its hind side forming 

 an acute angle : breast pale straw-colour ; abdomen obconical, a little 

 shorter than the chest, banded with black towards the tip ; sexual 

 appendages black: legs pale straw-colour, mottled with black which 

 is most prevalent on the fore-legs ; thighs tinged with very pale 

 green, with a few brown dots ; only the tips of the fore-thighs 

 marked with black; hind-shanks armed with six spines whose tips 

 are black : fore-wings fawn-colour, colourless towards the tips, 

 adorned with black dots which are larger, more numerous and more 

 distinct towards the tips ; veins tawny : hind-wings almost colour- 

 less, each with a large black spot near the tip, and a smaller one on 



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