876 CATALOGUE OF 



PoLYDESMA EKUBESCENS. 



Foem. Rufescens ; palpi intus albidi, articulo So lanceolato ; ab- 

 dominis segmenta albido testaceo marginata ; alee lineisduabus 

 leetioribus denticulatis, linea submarginali alba indeterminata ; 

 anticce bad testacece, linea basali rufa denticulata, reniformi 

 pallida angusta nigro bipunctala. 

 Female. Keddish, paler beneath. Palpi whitish on the inner 

 side ; third joint lanceolate, a little more than half the length of 

 the second. Body beneath whitish testaceous. Abdomen with a 

 whitish testaceous band on the hind border of each segment. Wings 

 with the interior and exterior lines brighter red, denticulated; sub- 

 marginal line white, irregular, incomplete ; marginal points black ; 

 a few black points along the costa. Fere wings testaceous at the 

 base, and with a red denticulated basal line; reniform mark pale, 

 narrow, containing two black points. Hind wings beneath whitish 

 testaceous, with two red denticulated lines. Length of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 

 Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Genus PANDESMA, C. L. H. xiii. 1039. 

 Pandesma opposita. 

 opposita, Wlngr. Wien. EnU Mon. vii. 149. 

 South Africa. 



Fam. HOMOPTERIDjE, C. L. H. xiii. 1044. 



Genus ALAMIS, C. L. H. xiii. 1046. 



Alamis olivacea. 



Fcem. Obscure subolivaceo-cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, 



articulo 3o minimo ; alee anticee nigro subconspersce, litura 



basali lineisque tribus duplicatis nigricantibus, linea 3a costam 



versus retracta, fascia submarginali nigra lineam vineream 



antice angulosam includente, reniformi nigro marginata; pos- 



ticte fuscescente-cervinee. 



Female. Dark cinereous, with a slight olive tinge. Body 



whitish cinereous beneath. Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi^ obliquely 



ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint very 



