60 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
Tapanus SEquens, Fem. 
Niger fulvo tectus, thorace subvittato, abdominis fulvi vitta nigra maculis 
Sulvis ornata, antennis nigris, articulis basi ferrugineis, pedibus fulvis, 
femoribus nigro-cinereis, tibiis tarsisque anticis nigris, alis cinereis 
bast costa nervorumque marginibus flavo-fuscis. 
Body black: covering of the head tawny above, yellowish hoary be- 
neath where it is clothed with pale yellow hairs; two black, shining, con- 
vex marks on the crown, one long and slender, the other round: eyes 
black, parted above by a broad interval; facets small, but slightly in- 
creasing in size towards the inner fore border: sucker black ; lancets fer- 
ruginous ; palpi tawny, clothed with short black hairs: feelers black ; first, 
second and third joints dark ferruginous towards the base; first and se- 
cond clothed with short black hairs; horn of the third joint short and 
stout; compound joint slightly curved upward: chest indistinctly striped, 
adorned with a grayish tawny covering, clothed with short tawny hairs ; a 
tuft of black hairs at the base of each wing ; breast gray, clothed with pale 
tawny hairs; abdomen tawny, clothed with short pale tawny hairs, very 
slightly obconical, a little broader and much longer than the chest, adorn- 
ed above with a black middle stripe, which is inlaid on each segment with 
a triangular tawny spot whose base is pale yellow and rests on the hind 
border of the segment; sides of the segments pitchy towards the tip; 
under sides paler, not striped: legs tawny ; thighs grayish black, clothed 
with pale tawny hairs 5 shanks fringed with black hairs, clothed beneath 
with very short pale tawny hairs; feet pitchy towards the tips; claws 
tawny with black tips ; foot-cushions pale tawny ; fore-shanks except the 
base and fore-feet black: wings gray, yellowish brown at the base along 
the borders of the yeins and beneath the fore border, as far as the brand 
which is dark brown; wing-ribs ferruginous; veins black, ferruginous 
at the base and along the fore border ; curve of the tip cross-vein very slight, 
no angle nor stump ; scales grayish tawny, with tawny borders; poisers fer- 
ruginous, with bright pale tawny knobs. Length of the body 8 lines ; 
of the wings 17 lines, 
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