FROM THE INDIAN AKCniPELAQO. 291 



black spot on each side near the tip. Legs stout ; fore tibise above, 

 anterior tarsi and tips of hind tarsi black. Wings cinereous, hya- 

 line; veins black. Fore wings luteous towards the base, blackish 

 towards the tips, the outline of the luteous part bordered with black; 

 veins very stout. Length of the body 3 lines, of the wings 8 lines. 

 Hab. Morty; New Guinea. 



333. AuFiDUS HiLARis. Lutcus, vertice longo nigro-fasciato, scuto 

 nigro fascia antica lata lutea, scutello nigro-biguttato, abdomine ma- 

 culis lateralibus nigris, alis anticis fuscis spatio basali costaique bis 

 triente nigris gutta basali maculaque antemedia luteis costalibus, alis 

 posticis nigricantibus. 



Luteous. Head narrower than the thorax ; vertex nearly twice as long 

 as broad, somewhat concave, rounded in front, with a black band on 

 the hind border ; front with a broad furrow and with transverse stria;. 

 Antennae black, luteous at the base. Scutum black, with a broad 

 luteous band on the fore border. Abdomen with black spots on each 

 side. Scutellum with a black dot on each fore angle. Fore wings 

 brown, black for one-third of the length from the base, and along 

 two-thirds of the length of the costa, with' a luteous costal dot at the 

 base, and with a large luteous costal spot near the base. Hind wings 

 blackish ; veins black. Length of the body 4| lines, of the wings 10 

 lines. 



Hab, New Guinea. 



334. AuFiDus TRICOLOR. Mas. Luteus, vertice gutta antica nigra 

 transversa, alis cinereis hyalinis, alis anticis basi luteis apices versus 

 subluridis venis piceis, alis posticis nigro venosis. 



Male. Luteous. Head rather narrower, than the thorax ; vertex rounded 

 in front, much broader than long, with a transverse black dot on the 

 fore border ; front convex, with a shallow middle furrow and with fine 

 transverse striae on each side. Wings cinereous, hyaline. Fore wings 

 luteous towards the base, with a lurid tinge towards the tips ; veins 

 piceous. Hind wings with black veins. Length of the body 3 lines, 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



Hab. Aru. 



335. AuFiDUS CRASSivENA. Mas. Luteus, vertice fasciis duabus 

 nigris, scuto nigro bifasciato, scutello nigro-bistrigato, alis pellucidis 

 nio-ro venosis, alis anticis basi luteis venis crassis ex parte nigro mar- 

 ginatis. 



Male. Luteous. Head rather narrower than the thorax ; vertex much 

 broader than long, rounded in front, with ty^o black bands, one on the 

 fore border, the other on the hind border ; front convex, smooth, with 

 a very slight longitudinal furrow. Scutum with two black bands, 

 one in the middle, the other on the hind border; scutellum with a 



