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much rounded on each side, a little narrower towards the epistoina, 

 bordered by a slight rim, almost straight where it joins the episloma, 

 with three ridges, the side pair curved, its breadth rather less than 

 than twice its length ; episloma triangular, black along each side, 

 not ridged ; an oval plate on each side of the front, and a narrower 

 one on each side of the episloma: fore-chest testaceous, short, 

 bordered by a rim, with a middle ridge, concave on the hind border, 

 more convex in front: middle-chest with live ridges, the two on each 

 side straight, parallel, the outer one short : abdomen obconical, very 

 little longer than the chest: legs tawny: fore-wings brown, of mode- 

 rate size, ferruginous towards the base; a large triangular colourless 

 spot beyond the middle of the fore border with a blackish-brown 

 spot on each side of it; two or three irregular and almost united 

 pale tawny spots in the disk and one nearer the base, near the latter 

 a black dot ; veins tawny, green on the colourless spot ; longitudinal 

 veins very numerous ; cross-veins very few ; fore border slightly con- 

 vex, along it a row of parallel cross-veins which are longer and more 

 oblique towards the tip : hind-wings pale gray with dark brown 

 borders ; veins black, ferruginous towards the base. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Brazil. Presented by John Miers, Esq. 



O Genus 6. NEPHESA. 



Nephesa, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 527, 418. 

 ' (^icania, Spinola. 



'^ ^ 1. Nephesa. rosea. 



Nephesa rosea, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 528, 1. 

 t> Ricania rosea. Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. 400, 5. 



Java. / 



<^Genus 7. DALAPAX. 



Dalapax, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 521, 409. 

 6 Plata, Spinola. 

 o Pseudoflata, Guerin. 



V^ ^ 1. Dalapax postica. 



Dalapax postica, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 521, I. 

 ^ Plata postica. Spin. An7i. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. 420, 5. 

 C Pseudoflata nigricornis, Guerin, Icon. Regn. Anim. Texte, 360. 



a — d. From M. Gueiuzius' collection. 



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