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in^ from the base to the lip which is very acute ; its lower side 

 raised hi{j:h above the scutellum : fore-wings pale lurid, lanceolate ; 

 veins ferruginous ; two discoidal areolets : hind-wings colourless. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 

 Sub-group 2. Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, iv. 513. 



O23. CeNTROTUS I'AEIA. 



Cenirotus paria, Lefebvre, 3ISS. Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me 

 SSne,\v. 513, 13. 



a. North Bengal. From Miss Campbell's collection. 



^" 24. Centrotus Tasmania ? Fem. 



Centrotus TasraaniEB ? Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Serie, 513, 

 14, pi. 3, f. 15. 



Ferrugineus, angustus ; comu posticum rufo bivittatum ; pectus 

 Jlavo-pubescens ; tibia sat lata ; ala antica fusca, longa ; 

 ala postica limpida. 



Ferruginous, clothed with tawny hairs: body rather long and 

 narrow : head transverse, slightly impressed, finely punctured, nar- 

 rower than the fore-chest between the shoulders, convex and slightly 

 retuse on each side in front ; hind part of face angular, occupying 

 a little less than half the length of the head: fore-chest not high, 

 roughly punctured, very slightly ridged ; shoulders obtusely angular, 

 slightly prominent ; horns above very thick, prismatic at the base, 

 ascending, slightly diverging, twisted, quadrilateral towards the tips 

 which are truncated ; fore side and hind side widening towards the 

 tips, the former with two ridges, the latter concave ; outer side and 

 inner side conical ; length of the horns more than four times the 

 breadth of the fore-chest between them ; hind appendage extending 

 far beyond the tip of the abdomen, slightly curved, tapering from 

 the base to the tip, red on each side along the lower border ; sides of 

 the scutellum and of the breast clothed with yellow down : shanks 

 rather broad : fore-wings brown, long, lanceolate ; veins ferruginous ; 

 three discoidal areolets : hind-wings colourless. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a, b. Van Dieman's Land. From Dr. Hooker's collection, 

 c. Van Dieman's Land. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



d. ? 



2h 



