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CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 16. CHARIDEA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis longa. Palpi breves, subascen- 

 dentes ; articulus 2us apice pilis squamosis munitus; 3us brevius- 

 culus, pyriformis. Antennae articulis brevissirae ciliatis. Thorax 

 latus, squamosus, antice villosus. Abdomen maris longum, fcem. 

 breviusculum cylindrieo-conicum. Pedes breviusculi ; tibiarum 

 posticarum calcares breves. Alae anticae subdentatae, apice subacu- 

 minatae. 



Charidea, Gum. Noct. ii. 60. 



Body robust. Proboscis long. Palpi short, slightly ascending ; 

 second joint villose-squamose, its tip with a little fringe of squamose 

 hairs; third short, pyriform. Joints of the antennae furnished with 

 little tufts of hairs, which are very short in the male, and still more 

 short in the female. Thorax broad, squamose, villose in front. 

 Abdomen long in the male, short and cylindric-couical in the 

 female. Legs rather short; hind tibiae with slender spines. Fore 

 wings subdentate, slightly acute at the tips, with distinct marks ; 

 the two median lines forming a V. 



1. CHARIDKA KLEGANTISS1MA. 



Thorax carneo-cincreiis, fusco fasciatus ; abdomen maculis flaves- 

 centibus ; alceanticce carneo-rosece, ferrugineo nebulosce, macu- 

 lis hasalibus duabus magnis duabusque parvis anterioribus, 

 macula mediana angulata, orbicufari et reniformi viridescenti- 

 bus albo-roseo lineatis, linea submarginali interrupta flaw- 

 alba, intus lineolis antice nigris postice viridibus marginata ; 

 posticce ochraceo-albce, marglne nigricante. 



Charidea elegantissima, Guen. Noct. ii. 749, 61. 



Cape. 



2. Charidea V. brunneum. 



Mas et foem. Roseo-cinerea ; thorax lineis duabus lateralibus 

 fuscis ; alee anticce aurato fusco tine tee, plaga media subtri- 

 gona aurato fusca orbivularem et reniformem includente lineis 

 medianis pallidis fusco marginatis inclusa 9 maculis pallido 

 lineatis postice confluentibus macula parva trigona saturate 

 fusca pallido lineata divisis, linea submarginali e punctis fus- 

 cis ; posticce pallido cinerece, margine subfuscescente, ciliis 

 linea fiava divisis. 



