PHILOPOTA. 159 



tiguous, pubescent ; frons slightly prominent on lower part ; 

 antennae elongate, porrect, approximate and bulbiform at base, 

 situated immediately above base of proboscis, 3rd joint -with apical 

 bristle. Proboscis very long and thin, projected below the body 

 to a considerable distance. Thorax with prothoracic lobes enor- 

 mously developed, prominent, their inner angles touching one 

 another. Abdomen conical (conica, Wied., type) or rounded 

 (yiridcenea). Legs of moderate length and size, of the normal 

 Cyrtid type. Wings with auxiliary and 1st longitudinal veins 

 long, nearly parallel, praefurca beginning just before middle of 

 wing ; 2nd longitudinal vein long, ending much above wing-tip ; 

 3rd vein simple, dying away a long distance from border of wing ; 

 anterior cross-vein present ; 4th vein simple, nearly straight, 

 almost attaining border; 5th vein simple, twice bent towards tip; 

 anal vein long, reaching wing-border.* 



Range. South Europe, Asia Minor, India, Japan, Mexico, and 

 South America. 



The above is an attempt at an augmented description of the 

 genus, as Wiedemann's was so short. f When additional species 

 are known a further description may be given. 



123. Philopota virideenea, sp. nov. 



Head much extended behind the eyes, the surface shining aeneous 

 green, closely punctured, covered with rather dense, moderately 

 short, yellow pubescence ; eyes touching from just below the 

 small vertex bearing the ocelli, % and with moderately short, not 

 dense, dark brown pubescence, facets of uniform size; frons of 

 moderate size, flush with eyes at apex, but rather prominent on 

 lower part, dark shining blackish brown, more or less yellow on 

 lower margin ; antennae elongate oval, dark shining brown, with 

 long, yellow, translucent style; cheeks blackish grey ; the large, 

 smooth, oval, shining black base of the proboscis beginning just 

 below the antennae ; the rest of the proboscis bright 3^ellow, bare, 

 in length reaching under the body to tip of abdomen, the tip 

 widely bifid. Thorax with the entire surface of dorsum and sides, 

 and of scutellum, shining aeneous green, closely punctured, covered 

 with very short yellow pubescence. Prothoracic lobes very large 

 and prominent, subtriangular, their inner angles contiguous, the 

 upper angles tipped with yellow. Abdomen aeneous green, closely 

 punctured, with very short yellow pubescence, which on the last 

 two segments and towards sides of previous segment is changed 

 to greyish ; extreme side-margins of most of the segments 



* Verrall suggests a different reading of the veins, calling them in order, 

 auxiliary, 1st and 3rd longitudinals, and 4th vein (forked, the anterior cross- 

 vein being therefore absent). 



t " Antennre porrect, approximate, small, inserted above base of proboscis, 

 bulbiform, bristles apical. Proboscis elongate, deflexed before thorax. Eyes 

 contiguous, hairy. Three ocelli. Abdomen conical." 



\ Only the two upper ones are obvious ; there should be three. 



