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XIV. Descriptions of ttvo New Species of Epbialtes. 

 By Thomas Desvignes, Esq. 

 [Read 4th Nov. 1861.] 

 Ephialtes facialis, n. sp. 

 Facie, articulo Pantennarum subtus, coxis anterioribus, pleuris, 

 macula magna triquetrd, et lineis duabus ante alas, flavis ; 

 femoribus, tibiis, et coxis posticis fulvis, tarsis fuscis ; seg- 

 mentis abdominis elongatis, planis, penultimo quadrato. 

 Long. 5 — 5 J linearum (mas). 



Head — face and mouth yellow. Antenncs two-thirds the length 

 of body ; first joint beneath yellow, the following pitchy but 

 gradually lighter towards the apex, which is nearly ferruginous. 

 Thorax gibbo-cylindrical ; two streaks before the wings, another 

 below, a large triangular spot on the pleurae adjoining the breast 

 and two round ones before the first pair of coxse, yellow. Wings 

 sub-ample, their base straw-coloured ; stigma and costa darker, 

 areolet sessile or sub-petiolated. Legs fulvous ; the anterior coxae 

 and trochanters yellow ; hinder ones fulvous, with a paler, undefined 

 streak beneath ; trochanters above and tarsi fuscous. Abdomen 

 cylindrical ; from the 1st to 5th segment elongate, the 6th quadrate, 

 the margin of the second segment most elevated. 

 Specimens taken by F. Walker, Esq. 



E. alhicinctus, n. sp. 

 Facie, articulo 1° antennarum subtus, coxis anterioribus, 

 trochanteribus totis, et tibiis posticis introrsum albis, ex- 

 trorsum tarsisque fuscis ; pedibus anterioribus stramineo- 

 fulvis, posticis fulvo-rufis ; basi tibiarum posticarum et arti- 

 culi primi tarsorum posticorum albis ; segmentis 1 et 2 elongatis, 

 reliquis sub-quadratis ; segmento 1° sessili, canaliculato, aut 

 duabus lineis elevatis. 

 Long. 3f linearum (mas). 



Head — face, facial orbits and mouth pale, with a very slight 

 reddish tinge. Antennce sub-setaceous, a little longer than half the 

 body; 1st joint beneath white or pale, the remainder testaceous, 

 above darker. Thorax cylindrical, with a yellowish line before the 

 wings. Wings pale at the base ; stigma rather large, darker ; 

 costa towards the apex darker; areolet rhomboidal, sessile. Legs — • 

 the anterior ones pale stravr-colour, their coxae and all the 

 trochanters paler or whitish ; the hinder coxae and femora fulvous ; 



