146 ‘INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA, 
Astnus paATERCULUS, Fem. 
Fuseus, capite aureo, thoracis lateribus fulvis, metathorace pectoreque 
canis, abdomine piceo lateribus ventreque ferrugineis, antennis fulvis 
apice nigris, pedibus rufis, femoribus nigro vittatis, tibits posticis 
apice tarsisque piceis, alis limpidis. 
Head adorned with a golden covering, clothed beneath with a few 
whitish hairs ; face whitish or pale yellow ; epistoma armed with eight or 
ten white spines: eyes black; a few very large facets in front which is 
somewhat flat: sucker black: feelers tawny; second joint rather longer 
than the first ; third tapering from the base to the tip, full twice the length 
of the second joint; bristle small, black, like a spine, a little more than 
one-third of the length of the third joint: chest brown, tawny on each side ; 
hind chest and breast hoary ; abdomen pitchy above, ferruginous on each side 
and beneath, slightly tapering from the base to the tip, which is armed 
with short black spines: legs red armed with white spines ; @ black stripe 
on each thigh; feet and tips of the hind-shanks pitchy ; claws black, pitchy 
at the base; foot-cushions pale tawny: wings colourless ; wing-ribs ferru- 
ginous ; veins black, ferruginous at the base; poisers tawny, with yellow 
knobs. Length of the body 2}—3 lines; of the wings 5—6 lines, 
East Indies. 
AsILus PR&FINIENS, Mas. 
Fuseus, thoracis lateribus metathorace pectoreque canis, pedibus fulvis, 
tarsis apice piceis, alis limpidis. 
Body brown : head clothed with whitish hairs, beset behind the eyes 
with black bristles: a few black hairs on the face: sucker and palpi black : 
eyes bronzed ; fore part rather flat, its facets larger than those elsewhere : 
chest beset with a few black bristles ; sides, hind part and breast hoary: 
abdomen very slightly tapering from the base to the tip, clothed with short 
pale hairs, narrower than the chest and about twice its length: legs tawny, 
beset with black and whitish bristles ; feet pitchy towards the tips; claws 
black, tawny at the base; foot-cushions yellow; fore-leys pale tawny : 
wings colourless ; wing-ribs pitchy ; veins black, tawny at the base; poisers 
tawny, with yellow knobs, Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 6 
lines. 
East Indies. 
