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edo^ed rim on each side where it forms a right angle, concave where 

 it joins the epistoma, its length much exceeding its breadth ; a dark 

 brown stripe along each rim ; epistoma lanceolate, with two brown 

 stripes : fore-chest very slightly concave on the hind border, truncate- 

 conical in front, with two conical black stripes on the disk, and with 

 an oblique black band on each side -. middle-chest full twice the length 

 of the fore-chest; abdomen obconical, not longer than the chest; plates 

 at the tip very large : legs black ; thighs and hind-shanks tawny : 

 wings ample ; fore-wings pale rose-colour ; longitudinal veins very 

 numerous ; cross-veins very few ; fore border convex ; along it a row 

 of oblique parallel cross-veins: hind-wings milk white. Length of 

 the body 4 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



^ 14. Flata inornata. 



Fulva ; antenn(B nigrce, longce, basi fulvce ; mesothorax tricarinatns ; 



pedes fulvi ; tarsi nigri ; alee anticce fulvce ; aloe posticce lim- 



pidce. 

 Body tawny : head prominent, narrower than the chest; crown 

 extremely short; front linear, horizontal next the crown, vertical in 

 the fore part, slightly convex, with a high rim on each side where it 

 forms a right angle, concave where it joins the epistoma, its length 

 very much exceeding its breadth ; epistoma lanceolate : antennas 

 black, very long, lawny towards the base : fore-chest straight be- 

 hind, conical in front, its length about one-fourth of its breadth : 

 middle-chest rather more than twice the length of the fore-chest, 

 with three indistinct ridges ; disk flat : abdomen obconical, a little 

 longer than the chest : legs tawny ; feet and tips of the fore-shanks 

 black: fore-wings dull pale tawny ; veins yellow ; longitudinal veins 

 very numerous, much ramified ; cross-veins few ; fore bolder very con- 

 vex, along it a row of oblique rather long cross-veins which are mostly 

 forked, and here and there connected by ramifications : hind-wings 

 colourless. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Tenasserim. 



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^ 15. Flata nivis, Fern. 



Viridis, crassa ; caput breve^ fere co7iicum, subascendens ; antennce 

 nigra ; abdomen ovatum ; alee alboe. 



Body green, very stout, thickly powdered with white: head 

 short ; crown almost conical and slightly ascending in the middle ; 

 front slightly convex, a little broader towards the epistoma, straight 



