174 Mn. F. WALKED ON HOMOPTEBA 



slightly conical, more than twice as broad as long, with one keel ; 

 front much longer than broad, with the borders rounded towards the 

 face, and with three keels; the keels on each side slightly curved 

 outward, less prominent than the middle one, not extending to the 

 face, which has one keel. Prothorax arched, with three keels, the 

 keel on each side very oblique. Mesothorax with three keels. Tarsi 

 reddish. Fore wings tuberculate at the base ; tip and interior angle 

 rounded ; exterior border and adjoining part of the costa red ; rest of 

 the costa yellowish ; transverse veins and transverse costal veins 

 numerous, the latter regular; marginal veins forked. Hind wings 

 white. Length of the body 3-3^ lines, of the wings 10 lines. 

 Hab. Mysol ; New Guinea. 



228. Nephesa roseosparsa. Mas. Viridescenti-testacea, fronte 

 unicarinata, mesothorace bicarinato, alis anticis guttis mediis punc- 

 tisque marginalibus rufis vena marginali una furcata, alis posticis 

 albis venis marginalibus non furcatis. 



Male. Greenish testaceous. Vertex short; front much broader than 

 long, rounded on each side, with one keel ; face triangular. Prothorax 

 arched, covering most of the vertex. Mesothorax with two keels. 

 Fore wings tuberculate at the base and along more than half the 

 length of the costa and of the hind border, adorned with several 

 various-sized red dots on the disk, and with many marginal red 

 points ; transverse veins in the disk few and irregular ; transverse 

 veins in the costal space numerous, some of them parallel j one forked 

 marginal vein. Hind wings white, with an incomplete line of trans- 

 verse veins ; marginal veins not forked. Length of the body 2 lines, 

 of the wings 6 lines. 



Hab. Mysol. 



229. Nephesa rufilinea. Mas. Pallide ochracea, fronte tricari- 

 nata rufo marginata, thorace rufo-univittato, mesothorace tricari- 

 nato, alis anticis rufo marginatis venis transversis plurimis, alis 

 posticis albis. 



Male. Pale saffron-colour. Head with slightly prominent borders ; 

 vertex short, nearly hidden by the prothorax ; front a little broader 

 than long, with rounded red borders, and with three keels, of which 

 the keel on each side is very indistinct. Thorax with a red strijjc. 

 Prothorax arched. Mesothorax with three keels, the keel on each 

 side diverging hindward from the middle one. Fore wings slightly 

 tuberculate at the base, rounded at the tips, with a narrow red border, 

 which disappears towards the base of the costa ; transverse veins in 

 the disk and transverse costal veins numerous, the latter mostly 

 regular. Hind wings white. Length of the body 3 lines, of the wings 

 9 lines. 



Hab. Mysol. 



