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the inner pair very short, the outer pair slightly curved ; epistoma 

 rather long, slightly convex ; tip of the mouth brown : fore-chest 

 truncate or angular on each side in front, slightly concave behind, 

 with a ridge in the middle which is not longer than each side : 

 middle chest with three ridges, more than thrice the length of the 

 fore-chest: abdomen obconical, a little longer than the chest: legs 

 yellow : wings broad : fore-wings pale green, truncated at the tips 

 which form slightly obtuse angles with the hind borders, the latter 

 are tuberculated and slightly dilated towards the base ; longitudinal 

 veins green, not numerous ; cross-veins tawny, rather numerous ; 

 fore border almost straight, along it a row of oblique parallel cross- 

 veins which are shorter and more apart towards the tip : hind-wings 

 whitish. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. . 



49. PCECILOPTERA COMPLANATA, Fcm. ^ 



Flava, rohusta ; caput breve ; thorax carinatus ; abdomen cristatum ; 

 pedes Jlavi; tibice tarsique anleriora fulva ; alee anticcs virides^ 

 apice rotundatce et fusco guttata ; alee posticce limpidte. 



Body yellow, rather short : head short ; crown forming with the 

 front one compartment which is sliort above, has a middle ridge and 

 is bordered by a rim ; fore part slightly convex, straight on each side, 

 a little rounded towards the epistoma, broader than long, notched 

 where it joins the epistoma which is short and narrow : fore-chest 

 a little longer than the head, with a middle ridge, bordered by a 

 rim, convex in front, concave behind, longer in the middle than on 

 each side : middle-chest about four times the length of the fore- 

 chest, with a middle ridge : abdomen obconical, crested, a little 

 longer than the chest: legs yellow; anterior shanks and feet tawny: 

 wings broad : fore-wings pale green, rounded at the tips, along 

 which are linear brown dots ; tips of the hind borders rounded ; 

 veins pale green ; longitudinal veins few ; cross-veins numerous, 

 irregular, extending over the whole surface; fore border very con- 

 vex, without a row of parallel cross-veins : hind-wings colourless ; 

 veins whitish. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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