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loug ; front with one keel, much longer than broad, slightly in- 

 creasing in breadth from the vertex to rather beyond two-thirds 

 of the length, where it is slightly angular; face lanceolate, 

 nearly as long as the front, with a very slight keel. Eyes large, 

 globose. Antennae very short. Prothorax triangular, with one 

 keel, extending over the hind part of the vertex, Mesothorax 

 with three keels. Abdomen with a long lanceolate oviduct, which 

 is curved downward. Legs short, stout. Wings nearly hya- 

 line. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; veins stout ; seven irre- 

 gular lines of transverse veins. Hind wings with very few veins. 



218. Gabalceca retifera. F(sm. Testacea, fronte nigro bifasciata, 

 facie apice nigra, oviductu ferrugineo, femoribus tibiisque piceo vit- 

 tatis, alls cinereis fere hyalinis nigro venosis. 



Female. Testaceous. Front with two black bands near the vertex ; 



face black towards the tip. Oviduct ferruginous. Femora and tibia; 



striped with piceous ; wings cinereous, veins black. Length of the 



body 4^ lines, of the wings 10 lines, 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



Gren, Nepuesa, Amyot et Serv. 



219. Nephesa bistriguttata, Stal, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd ser, 

 i.69I. 



Hah. Aru. 



220. Nephesa guttulata, Stal, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd ser. 

 i. 691. 



Hab. Batchian. 



221. Nephesa erubbscens. Pceciloptera erubescens, Wlk. Journ. 

 Ent. i. 313. — Nephesa gemmifera, Stal, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 i. 692. 



Hab. Batcliian. 



222. Nephesa consociata. PcEciloptera consociata, IVlk. Journ. 

 Ent. i. 314. — Nephesa cicatricosa, Sia^, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 692. 



Hab. Batchian ; Temate. 



223. Nephesa intacta. Mas. Pallide testacea, capite lateribus sub- 

 carinatis, vertice transverso unicarinato, fronte, prothorace et me- 

 sothorace tricarinatis, alis albis latissimis fere hyalinis, alis anticis 

 apice rectangulatis, margine exteriore recto angulo postico acuto, 

 venis transversis plurimis. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Head with slightly prominent borders ; ver- 

 tex four times as broad as long, with one keel ; front a little broader 

 than long, rounded on each side, with three keels, the keel on each 

 side curved outward ; face not keeled. Prothorax arched, with three 

 keels; the keel on each side very obUque. Mesothorax with three keels, 



