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squamous, applied to the head, not rising higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint acute, very small. Antennae short, stout, subfalcate, 

 slightly pectinated, with a minute apical tuft of bristles. Abdomen 

 conical towards the tip, hardly half the length of the thorax. Legs 

 stout ; tibia? fringed ; spurs long. Wings vitreous ; veins with the 

 usual structure. 



This genus may be distinguished from Tarsa and from Alonina 

 by the structure of the antennae. 



TOLERIA ABLEFORMIS. 



Mas. Viridis, caput palpi et thoracis mar go anticus aurato- 



fiava ; antennce fulvce ; thorax maculis duabus lateralibus 



aurato-flavis ; abdomen dimidio apicali pedesque ochracea ; 



alee vi Irene, venis pallide flavescentibus, fimbria purpurea- 



cuprea ; posticce costa lineaque transversa purpureo-cupreis. 



Male. Metallic-green, squamous. Head, palpi and fore 

 border of the thorax gilded yellow. Antennas tawny. Thorax with 

 a gilded yellow spot at the base of each fore wing. Abdomen with 

 the apical half ochraceous ; hind borders of the segments gilded 

 yellow. Legs ochraceous. Wings limpid ; veins pale yellowish ; 

 fringe purplish cupreous. Fore wings with the costa and the usual 

 transverse line purplish cupreous. Length of the body 7 lines ; of 

 the wings 14 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



Genus ECRECTICA. 



Mas. Corpus sublineare, sat gracile. Proboscis nulla. Palpi 

 porrecti, lineares, compressi, hirsuti, capitis latitudine multo longi- 

 ores ; articulus 3us obtusus, 2o brevior. Antennae pubescentes. 

 Abdomen fasciculo apicali subquadrato. Pedes squamosi, longius- 

 culi, sat graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus apicalibus longis. 

 Alae longae, angustae, vestitae : anticae apice subrotundatae. 



Male, Body rather slender, nearly linear. Proboscis obsolete. 

 Palpi compressed, linear, hirsute, porrect, much longer than the 

 breadth of the head ; third joint obtuse at the tip, shorter than the 

 second. Antennae pubescent. Abdomen extending for its whole 

 length beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft subquadrate. Legs 

 squamous, rather long and slender ; hind tibiae with no middle 

 spurs ; apical pair long. Wings long, narrow, opaque. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior border extremely oblique. 



