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Abdomen and legs tawny. Fore wings ferruginous, with two irre- 

 gular piceous bands, which are united near the costa, and of which 

 the first joins a piceous streak along the basal part of the hind 

 border; a whitish costal spot joining the outer side of the second 

 band, Hindjwings brownish-cinereous, hyaline ; veins black. Length 

 of the body 5 lines, of the wings 10 lines. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



339. Ptyelus sexpunctatus. Mas. Piceus, robustus, fronte trans- 

 verse striata, alis anticis flavescenti-albo tripunctatis, alis posticis 

 diaphanis. 



Male. Piceous, stout, shining, minutely punctured. Head as broad as 

 the thorax; verte.\ twice as broad as long, rounded along the fore 

 border ; front transversely striated. Scutum with a very slight keel. 

 Fore wings with three yellowish-white points in the disk ; first and 

 second points antemedial ; second behind the first ; third nearer the 

 costa, at somewhat before two-thirds of the length. Hind wings pel- 

 lucid; veins black. Length of the body 4 lines, of the wings 8 lines. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



340. Ptyelus plenipennis. Foem. Testaceus, robustus, capite co- 

 nico, fronte nigro flavoque marginata, thorace alisque anticis cervino 

 conspersis, alis posticis cinereis nigro venosis. 



Female. Testaceous, stout. Head conical, as broad as the thorax ; 

 vertex much broader than long ; front flat, bordered with black and 

 with pale yellow, transversely striated on each side. Thorax and 

 fore wings minutely specked with fawn-colour. Hind wings cine- 

 reous, hyaline ; veins black. Length of the body 3^ lines, of the 

 wings 6 lines. 



Hab. Aru ; New Guinea. 



341. Ptyelus FRONTALIS. Fcewi. Testaceus, depressus, capite conico 

 lineis duabus anticis tranversis nigris, alis posticis diaphanis pallido 

 venosis. 



Female. Testaceous, flat. Head conical, with a black line along the 

 fore border; underside with a black conical line, which approaches 

 very near the line of the fore border. Legs short. Hind wings pel- 

 lucid ; veins pale. Length of the body 2 lines, of the wings 4 lines. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



342. Ptyelus monostigma. Mas. Testaceus, latus, fronte striis 

 lateralibus piceis obliquis, thoracis lateribus angulatis, alis anticis 

 semihyalinis striga costali subapicali picea, alis posticis cinereis. 



Male. Testaceous, broad. Head and thorax minutely punctured ; 



head not. so broad as the thorax; vertex rounded along the fore 



border ; front convex, with piceous oblique striae on each side. Thorax 



obtusely angular on each side. Fore wings semihyalinc, with a short 



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