148 MR. r. WALKER ON IIOMOPTERA 



. Var. /3. Male, Fore wings with three deep-red irregular bands ; no 

 cinereous streaks. Length of the body 3 lines, of the wings 9 lines. 

 Hab. Aruj Batchian; New Guinea; Waigiou. 



Var. ^. Foem. Nigra, vertice testaceo-marginato, fronte fulvo-margi- 

 nata, pedibus testaceis femoribus piceis ; alis anticis strigis tribus lan- 

 ceolatis albo-hyalinis, fasciis quatuor chalybeis, S"' 4''que interruptis, 

 tnargine exteriore subcarinato ; alis posticis nigricantibus. 



Female. Black. Vertex with testaceous sides ; front with tawny sides. 

 Legs testaceous ; femora piceous. Fore wings with three short white 

 vitreous lanceolate streaks ; first and second streaks costal, first 

 postmedial, second subapical, third on the exterior border; four 

 chalybeous bands ; first and second bands much i-etracted in front, 

 first very near the base, third much interrupted, fourth composed 

 of marginal streaks. Hind wings blackish. 



Hah, Morty; Mysol. 



Var, y. Mas, Nigra, facie testaceo bivittata, prothorace rufo, meso- 

 thorace rufo fasciato, tibiis piceis, tarsis fulvis, alis anticis chalybeo- 

 nigris macula basali fasciisque tribus rufis, strigis tribus albo-hyalinis, 

 alis posticis cupreis subhyalinis. 



Male. Black. Face with two testaceous stripes. Prothorax deep 

 red. Mesothorax with a deep-red band near the fore border. Tibiai 

 piceous ; tarsi tawny. Fore wings chalybeous black, with a deep-red 

 spot at the base and with three deep-red bands, of which the third is 

 irregular; three white hyaline streaks, first and second costal, first 

 postmedial, second near the tip, third on the exterior border. Hind 

 wings cupreous, slightly hyaline. Length of the body 3^ lines, of 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



Hab, Ceram. 



174. RiCANiA PUNCTicosTA. (Flatoides puncticosta, Wlk.Journ. Eat, 

 i. 310.) Mas, Nigra, fronte bicarinata, prothorace unicarinato, 

 mesothorace tricarinato, pedibus testaceis, alis anticis fasciis quatuor 

 maculisque tribus chalybeis, guttis duabus costalibus albis, venis 

 marginalibus non furcatis, alis posticis cupreo-nigris raargine exte- 

 riore subchalybeo venis marginalibus nonnuUis furcatis. 



Male, Black. Head with slightly prominent borders ; vertex short ; 

 front much broader than long, rounded on each side towards the 

 face, with two curved keels, which are very remote from each other, 

 and which do not extend to the face. Prothorax arched, about' four 

 times as broad as long, with one keel, partly hiding the vertex. 

 Mesothorax with three keels, the keel on each side diverging hind- 

 ward from the middle one. Legs testaceous. Fore wings with four 

 chalybeous bands, third band joining the fourth near the interior 

 angle, extending across half the breadth, with three chalybeous spots 



