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red whitish-bordered middle dot ; a black point on the interior border 

 at two-thirds of the length ; a brown interrupted line on the exterior 

 border ; transverse veins numerous, irregular ; transverse costal veins 

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

 of the wings 12 lines. 

 Hab. Morty. 



Gtenus Sereda. See Tol. I. p, 158. 



253. Serida FERVENS. See Vol. I. p. 158. 

 Hab. Sula. Inhabits also Borneo. 



254. Serida proxima. Mas. Fulva, capite thoraceque unicarinatis, 

 capite longiconico, alis posticis apice fuscis. 



Male. Tawny. Head conical; vertex keeled; front projecting beyond 

 the vertex, obUquely retracted beneath the vertex, more than four 

 times as long as broad, widening towards the face, with a promi- 

 nent keel and with slightly elevated borders. Prothorax and raeso- 

 thorax arched, keeled, the former partly extending over the vertex. 

 Fore wings with regular oblique costal veinlets and with several longi- 

 tudinal veins, some of which are forked ; forks of various length. 

 Hind wings brown towards the tips. Length of the body 3 lines, of 

 the wings 9 lines. 



Hab. Ke. 



It much resembles S.fervens; but the vertex is more promiueut 

 and more arched. 



Fam. MEMBRACINA, JBt^rm. 

 Gen. Htpsatjchenia, Grcrmar. 



255. Hypsauchenia HARDvriCKii, Kirby,Mag. Nat. Hist. 1827, xx. 

 p. 36 (Centrotus). 



Hab. Tondano. Inhabits also Nepaul. 



G-en. Centbotus, Fabr, 



256. Centrotus reponens. Walk. Cat. Horn. vol. ii. p. 604, 



Hab. Flores; New Guinea; Timor. Inhabits also Hindostan, Ceylon, 

 and the Philippine Isles. 



257. Centrotus ALTiCEPS. Fcem. Niger, thorace scabro cornu erecto 

 comibus duobus lateralibus deflexis latissimis subarcuatis armato 

 strigis quatuor testaceis cornu postico subarcuato abdominis apicem 

 superante, pectore abdomineque testaceo-tomentosis. 



Female. Black. Head punctured. Thorax scabrous, slightly keeled, 

 forming a stout cone which rises perpendicularly from the head, and 

 is armed on each side with a veiy broad directly diverging slightly 

 downward- curved horn, which is full twice as long as the inter- 



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