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^ 26. Flatoides truncatus, Mas. 



Fulvus ; frnns carinatus ; mesothorax ferrugineus ; abdomen lu- 

 teum; pedes fulvi ; ala anticce subfulvcs, apice trancatce ; alee 

 posticce suhlimpidce, apice fusca. 



Body tawny, darker here and there: head a little narrower than 

 the chest ; crown conical, slightly concave ; front ranch longer than 

 broad, widening from the crown lo the epistoraa where it is rounded, 

 surrounded by a rim, and having a slight middle ridge ; epistoma 

 lanceolate: eyes striped: fore-chest convex in front, slightly concave 

 behind ; its breadth nearly four times its length : middle-chest fer- 

 ruginous, more than twice the length of the fore-chest: abdomen 

 luteous, obconical, not longer than the chest: sexual apparatus con- 

 sisting of two curved appendages whose tips cross each other; the 

 lower one compressed, deep, grooved ; the upper one longer and more 

 slender: legs tawny: fore-wings truncate at the tips, pale tawny; 

 veins darker, very numerous towards the tips ; a row of very short 

 oblique parallel cross-veins along the fore border : hind-wings almost 

 colourless, brown towards the tips ; veins brown, tawny at the base. 

 Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



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



* ^ 27. Flatoides basalis, Mas. 



Testaceus, sat latus ; frons non carinatus ; thorax ferrugineus ; ab- 

 domen luteum ; pedes fulvi ; alee anticee subfulvee, basi piceo 

 trimaculatcB ; alee posticce subcitierece. 



Body testaceous, rather broad: head as broad as the chest: 

 crown extremely short, channelled across, its breadth more than 

 eight times its length ; front flat, smooth, nearly square, not ridged ; 

 epistoma triangular: chest ferruginous: fore-chest arched, more 

 than twice the length of the crown ; its breadth more than ,four 

 times its length : middle-chest much more than twice the length of 

 the fore-chest: abdomen obconical, luteous, not longer than the 

 chest : the lateral plates at the tip with black edges ; lower middle 

 appendage serrated : legs tawny : fore-wings pale tawny ; three 

 pitchy spots near the base of each ; veins tawny, very numerous ; a 

 row of rather long slightly oblique parallel cross-veins along the fore 

 border: hind-wings pale gray; veins brown. Length of the body 

 If lines; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Birch's collection. 



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