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the keel on each side diverging liindward from the middle one. 

 Mesothorax with three keels ; the keel on each side curved outward, 

 diverging hindward from the middle. Legs slender, rather long; 

 hind tibiae with two spines besides those at the tips. Wings narrow, 

 hj'aline. Fore wings rounded at the tips; transverse veins mostly 

 near the end of the hind border; stigma elongate, containing several 

 oblique transverse veins; marginal veins not forked. Hind wings 

 with two irregular lines of transverse veins. 



57, AcARNA suBAPicALis. Tcstacea, capite rufo-fasciato ; prothorace 

 guttis duabus marginibusque lateralibus nigris ; alis vitreis, testaceo 

 venosis; alis anticis spatio apicali fusco, macula atra guttaque alba 

 subapicalibus, stigmate testaceo, venis transversis fusco nebulosis. 



Testaceous. Head with a red band on the summit of the front. Pr,a- 

 thorax with a black border on each side, and with a black dot on each 

 side of the middle keel. Wings with testaceous veins. Fore wino^s 

 with the space about the tips and along the adjoining part of the 

 hind border brownish ; a deep-black subapical spot, accompanied by 

 a small white dot ; stigma testaceous ; most of the transverse veins 

 clouded with brown. Length of the body 6 (?) lines, of the wings 

 14 lines. 



Hab. Morty. 



Subtribe DiOTroPHOEOiDES, Spinola. 

 Gen. PrOTTOPHOBA, Qermar. 



58. DiCTYOPHORA suRGENS. Mas et Fcem. Ochracea; capite lanceo- 

 lato subarcuato, sex-carinato, oblique ascendente, thorace vix breviore, 

 viridi quadrivittato ; prothorace viridi trivittato ; mesothorace tricari- 

 nato viridi quinquevittato ; pectore, abdomine pedibusque pallide viri- 

 dibus, alis pellucidis, alis anticis lineis quinque e venis transversis, 

 stigmate viridi. 



Male and Female. Ocliraceous. Head lanceolate, slightly curved, 

 obliquely ascending, almost as long as the thorax, with six keels and 

 with four green stripes. Prothorax arched, with three green keels, 

 the keel on each side oblique. Mesothorax with five green stripes, 

 the three inner stripes with keels. Pectus, abdomen, and legs pale 

 green. Legs long, slender; hind tibiae with three minute spines 

 besides those at the tip. Wings hyaline, colourless; veins black, 

 green towards the base. Fore wings with five lines of transverse 

 veins, of which the fifth is submarginal and more regular than the 

 others ; stigma green, with four oblique costal veins. Hind wings 

 with a few irregular transverse veins. Length of the body 6 lines, 

 of the wings 15 lines. 



Hab. Amboina ; Ceram ; Flores ; Sula. 

 IINN. PBOO. ZOOLOGT, YOL. X. 8 



