FROM THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 809 



Gen. CcELiDiA, Germar. 

 Section 1. 



383. CcELiDiA DivERSA. FoRm. FeiTugineo-rufa, lata, robusta, capite 

 pallide flavo fasciis quatuor ferrugineis, thorace brevi, pectore nigro, 

 abdomine fulvo dimidio basali pallide flavo fascia subapicali picea 

 ventre piceo segmentis flavo marginatis, pedibus fulvis, alis anticis 

 nigricante conspersis flavo guttatis apice sordide flavescentibus, alis 

 posticis fuscis. 



Female. Ferruginous red, broad, stout. Head pale yellow, with four 

 ferruginous bands; first band on the vertex, very narrow; second on 

 the front ; third and fourth incomplete, on the face. Scutum thrice 

 as broad as long, slightly arched. Pectus mostly black. Abdomen 

 tawny, pale yellow for half the length from the base ; a piceous band 

 nearer the tip ; underside mostly piceous ; hind borders of the seg- 

 ments yellow. Legs tawny ; hind legs long ; hind tibije spinous, with 

 blackish tips. Fore wings blackish-mottled, yellow-dotted ; tips pale 

 dingy -yellowish. Hind wings brown, with black veins. Length of 

 the body 3-31 lines, of the wings G-1 lines. 



Hab. Mysol ; New Guinea ; Waigiou. 



The pale-pointed veins of G. dirigens sufficiently distinguish it 

 from this species. 



384. CcELiDiA PTCEA. Fcem. Picea, vertice transverso tricarinato 

 pallide flavo fusco-notato, fronte longa, an tennis flavescentibus, thorace 

 maculis duabus lateralibus flavis, abdominis segmentis flavo margi- 

 natis, pedibus flavis, alis anticis cupreis lurido-cinereo lituratis, alis 

 posticis nigricantibus. 



Female. Piceous. Vertex pale yellow, arched, a little broader than 

 long, with some brown marks on the fore border and on the hind 

 border, with three keels, the keel on each side diverging in front 

 from the middle one; front twice as long as broad. Antennse 

 yellowish ; setse very long. Thorax largely punctured, with a yellow 

 spot on each side. Abdomen yellowish beneath ; hind borders of the 

 segments pale yellow. Oviduct extending much beyond the tip 

 of the abdomen. Legs yellow. Fore wings cupreous, with some 

 lurid-cinereous marks, of which the most conspicuous is on the costa 

 at three-fourths of the length. Hind wings blackish, with black veins. 

 Length of the body 3 lines, of the wings 6 lines. 



Hab. Mysol. 



386. CcELiDiA SUBNOTATA. F(zm. Fulva, vertice palhde testaceo, 

 fronte rufescente transversa, scuto testaceo-consperso, scutello pec- 

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