blattarle. 13 



colour. Length of the body 21 — 26 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 70 lines. 



This species far exceeds in size all the other Epilamprae, and may be 

 considered as the type of a new genus. 

 a, b. Chontales, Nicaragua. From Mr. Janson's collection. 



Panchlora signatura. 



Foem. Testacea, longissime ovala ; caput fascia inter oculos nigra lata, 

 fascia anleriore maculisque duabus adhuc anterioribus piceis ; 

 prothorax disco fuscescente lestaceo-liturato, vittis duabus lateralibus 

 bis oblique interrupts ; abdomen disco dorsali vittisque duabus 

 ventralibus latis fuscis ; ala? cinerea, abdomen non superantes, venulis 

 transversis fusco nebulosis. 



Female. Testaceous, very elongate-oval, smooth, shining. Head 

 extending very little beyond the abdomen, with a broad black band 

 between the eyes, with an irregular piceous band between the sockets of 

 the eyes, and with a piceous spot on each side of the front. Antennae 

 piceous, testaceous at the base. Prothorax transverse, narrower in front, 

 with a brownish disk which includes several testaceous marks; a black 

 stripe fc on each side, interrupted in the fore part by two oblique testaceous 

 lines; fore border, sides and hind border very slightly rounded. Abdomen 

 with a brown disk; under side with a broad brown stripe on each side. 

 Legs short, thick ; tibiae with black spines. Wings cinereous, extending 

 to the tip of the abdomen ; transverse sectors clouded with brown. Length 

 of the body 11 lines; expansion of the fore wings 22 lines. 



The hind border of the prothorax is less elongated than that of 

 E. pardalina. It has more resemblance to E. atomifera,but the prothorax 

 is less ample. 



a. St. Helena. Presented by J. C. Melliss, Esq. 



HOMALOPTERYX REGINA. 



Epilampra (Homalopleryx) regina, Saws. Mem. Soc. Phys. Gen. xx. 270. 

 Cochin China. 



HOMALOPTERYX PECTINATA. 



Epilampra (Homalopteryx ?) pectinata, Sauss. MSm. Soc. Phys. Gen. xx. 

 271. 



Australia. 



Genus HYPOCRITA. 

 Hypocrita, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xx. 99. 



1. Hypocrita unicolor. 

 unicolor, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xx. 100. 

 Buenos Ayres. 



