FKOM THE INDIAN ABCHIl'ELAOO. 109 



Male. Testaceous. Head with prominent borders ; two black spots on 

 each side between the eyes ; vertex four times as broad as long, 

 with two brown spots on each side, and with a transverse arched 

 keel; front about twice as long as broad, with two black abbreviated 

 keels, which converge from the vertex, and with two black irregular 

 streaks towards the face, where the sides are rounded; face black 

 towards the tip, with two black stripes, and with one keel. Pro- 

 thorax much arched, with one keel and with brown points on each 

 side. Mesothorax with a black stripe and with four exterior small 

 black marks on each side, and with three piceous keels, the keel on 

 each side curved and united with the middle one on the fore border. 

 Abdomen with a piceous band on the hind border of each segment. 

 Femora with a piceous band near the tip. Wings vitreous, slightly 

 cinereous ; veins mostly black ; marginal veins forked. Fore wings 

 with eight irregular lines of transverse veins, the five exterior lines 

 approximate; a regular and complete submarginal line; stigma 

 black, with an ochraceous mark. Hind wings with one irregular line of 

 transverse veins. Length of the body 4 lines, of the wings 12 lines. 



Hab. Ke. 



The markings of the face and the larger stigma of the' fore 

 wings distinguish it from JV. venosa, to which it is much allied. 



216. NoGODiNA VENOSA. Fonm. Testacea, vertice nigro-sexguttato, 

 fronte tricarinata nigro octoguttata carinis lateralibus nigris, facie 

 annulo fusiformi nigro, prothorace vittis duabus nigris vittisque 

 duabus exterioribus piceis, mesothorace bicarinato, vittis quatuor, 

 maculis duabus punctisque quatuor nigris, pectore nigro-guttato, ferao- 

 ribus macula siibapicali nigra, tibiis tarsisque apice nigris, alis pellu- 

 cidis, alis anticis venis nigris, venis marginalibus furcatis nigricante 

 nebulosis venis, transversis nonnullis testaceis, stigmate nigricante. 



Female. Testaceous. Head forming an oblique angle on each side 

 between the eyes ; vertex arched, six times as broad as long, with 

 four black dots in a trajisverse line ; a black dot on each side above 

 the eye ; front nearly twice as long as broad, slightly rounded to- 

 wards the face, with slightly elevated sides, with a black dot near the 

 summit, with three elongated black dots on each side, and with 

 three keels ; of these the middle one is abbreviated, and is more 

 slight than the lateral keels, which are black and converge from the 

 summit towards the face ; face with two black stripes, which form a 

 fusiform ringlet and occupy the whole of the apical part. Prothorax 

 much arched, with two black stripes, and with exterior piceous 

 stripes, which diverge towards the hind border. Mesothorax with 

 two keels, which are united in front and diverge hindward; two 

 black stripes between the keels, and on each side an interrupted 

 black stripe, a black spot,- and two black points. Pectus with several 



