ri?dM TliE TNDlAlf AHOHIPELAGO. 307 



Hind wings brown ; veins black. Length of the body 2^ lines, of the 

 wings 6 lines. 

 Hab. Mysol. 



377- Penthimia atomahia. Mas, Piceo-nigra, lata, nitens, alis an- 

 ticis flavescente conspersis. 



Male. Piceous black, broad, shining, very minutely puhctured. Head 

 as broad as the thorax ; vertex rounded in front, twice as broad as 

 long; front horizontal, under the vertex. Legs moderately long and 

 stout. Fore wings thickly covered with pale yellowish speckles. 

 Length of the body 2 lines, of the wings 4 lines. 



Hab. Mysol. 



Group lassides, Amyot et Serv. 



Gen. Petalocepiiala, Stal. 



378. Petalocephala specularia. Mas. Fulva, capite scutoquc 

 flavescenti-punctatis, capite cultriformi maculis duabus anticis magnis 

 pellucidis, scutello albido margine antico fulvo, pedibus anticis albidis, 

 pedibus posticis piceis tarsis basi et tibiarum spinis flavescentibus, alis 

 albidis, alis anticis apice pallide fuscis ferrugineo venosis striga sub- 

 ajHcali picea. 



Male. Tawny. Head and scutum with numerous pale yellowish points. 

 Head conical, keeled, broader than long, extremely thin in front, where 

 there is a large pellucid spot on each side. Scutellura whitish, tawny 

 along the fore border. Anterior legs whitish, with a rosy tinge on the 

 femora ; hind legs piceous, tarsi at the base and spines of the tibia; 

 yellowish. Wings whitish, hyaline. Fore wings with ferruginous 

 veins, and with a piceous subapical streak j tips pale brown. Length 

 of the body 4 lines, of the wings 7 lines. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



379. Petalocephala bispecularis. Mas. Rufa, lata,, plana, flavo 

 conspersa, capite eonico subtus nigro maculis duabus anticis albidis 

 semihyalinis carina tenui postice nigricante, pectore nigro, segmento- 

 rum abdominalium marginibus pedibusque anterioribus pallide flavls, 

 pedibus posticis nigris, alis anticis albido-hyalinis aureo nitentibus 

 fascia obliqua venisque rufis, gutta subapicali nigra elongata. 



Male. Red, broad, thin, nearly flat, yellow-speckled. Head conical, 

 much longer than the scutum, with a large whitish semihyaline spot on 

 each side in front, and with a slight keel, which is blackish towards 

 the hind border, underside black, except the spots. Pectus black. 

 Hind borders of the abdominal segments and anterior legs pale yellow. 

 Hind legs black. Fore wings whitish, hyaline, with gilded reflections 

 and with an irregular red band which extends from two-thirds of the 



