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of the preceding species. Fore wings very much longer than the body ; 

 costa rounded. Hind wings pellucid, extendiug a litile beyond the fore 

 wings. Length of the body 13 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 44 lines. 



The costa of the fore wings is much more rounded than that of 

 A. striclum, and the transverse subcostal veins are much more strongly 

 marked than those of A. carinatum. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Aprion stbictum. 



Fcem. Pallide viride, fusiforme, sublus pallide testaceum ; caput pro- 

 thorace angustius, fastigio porrecto lanceolato ; prothorax unicarina- 

 tus, subtuberculalus, margine postico produeto vix angulato ; vagina 

 arcuata, apice nigricans, abdomini aquilonga ; pedes breviusculi, sat 

 graciles ; femora postica denticulata; alee anliccB corpore mullo 

 longiores ; alee posticce diaphana. 



Female. Pale grass-green, fusiform, pale testaceous beneath. Head 

 narrower than the prothorax ; tip of the vertex forming a porrect spine ; 

 front oblique. Eyes reddish, small, round, slightly prominent. Antennae 

 whitish testaceous, very much longer than the body. Prothorax very 

 minutely tuberculate, with a well-detined keel, and with three transverse 

 impressed lines ; fore border slightly arched ; hind border elongated, 

 hardly angular. Sheath of the oviduct curved, blackish at the tip, as long 

 as the abdomen. Legs rather short and slender; femora very minutely 

 dentate beneath ; hind tibiae with minute teeth above. Fore wings much 

 longer than the body; costa and hind border slightly rounded. Hind 

 wings pellucid, extending a little beyond the fore wings. Length of the 

 body 14 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 51 lines. 



The fore wings are much longer than those of A. carinatum. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



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Meroncidius vittifbons. 



Fcem. Testaceus ; frons nigro univitlata ; prothorax scaber, antice et 

 ■ postice nigro tnarginatus ; oviductus arcualus, brevis ; pedes nigro- 

 spinosi, femoribus quatuor anlerioribus trispinosis, femoribus poslicis 

 sexspinosis ; alee postica diaphance. 



Female. Testaceous, nearly cylindrical. Head smooth, tip of the 

 vertex with a knob on each side ; front erect, lanceolate between the 

 sockets of the antenna?, with a black stripe. Mandibles black. Eyes tawny, 

 round, rather prominent. Prothorax scabrous, with two well-deiined 

 transverse impressed lines; fore border and hind border black ; fore border 

 and sides nearly straight; hind border slightly rounded. Oviduct curved, 

 less than one-third of the length of the abdomen. Legs stout ; spines 

 black ; four anterior femora with three spines beneath beyond the middle ; 

 hind femora a little longer than the abdomen, with six spines beneath ; 

 four anterior tibiae with one row of spines; hind tibia? a little longer than 

 the hind femora. Wings a little shorter than the body. Hind wings 



