730 LIST OF H0MOPTEK0U3 INSECTS. 



pitcliy tip, reaching the middle hips : chest with three yellow bands ; 

 the first on the fore border; the second near the first, the third on 

 the slightly coucave hind border adjoining the scutcheon : fore- 

 wings narrow, with very numerous cross-veins towards the tips ; a 

 white band near the base, not extending to the fore border ; two 

 white spots before half the length, one on the fore border, the other 

 on the hind border ; two white spots on the fore border nearer the 

 tip, where the disks of all the little areolets are wliitish : hind-wings 

 gray ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 9 lines. 



a, b. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



2. Perinoia vauia. 



Nigra, fusiformis ; caput flavo bifasciatum ; thorax fiavo uni- 

 viitaius ; abdomen obscure flavum ; pedes fidvi, libiis antcri- 

 oribm supra tarsisque nigris ; ala atiticce fiavo sex maculaice. 



Black, shining, spindle-shaped, dingy yellow beneath, head and 

 chest flat, thickly punctured, slightly rugulosc : head produced in 

 front, conical, hardly broader than long, about half the length of 

 the chest, concave along the hind border, adorned with two yellow 

 bands ; first band interrupted, its borders much jagged ; second 

 emitting five short streaks from its hind border ; face slightly punc- 

 tured, convex, with a flat stripe, on each side of which are about 

 ten very oblique cross ridges : mouth tawny, with a pitchy tip, not 

 reaching the middle hips : feelers tawny : chest very slightly convex, 

 with a broad yellow stripe; a furrow on each side extending from 

 the eye to the base of the fore-wing: abdomen dingy yellow : ovi- 

 duct black : legs tawny ; feet black ; anterior shanks black above ; 

 fore-wings with six yellow marks; first forming a short stripe from 

 the base along the middle; second and third oblique; one by the 

 fore border, the other by the hind border ; fourth short, extending 

 from the fore border towards the disk : fifth and sixth forming two 

 stripes, which taper nearly to the tip ; hind-wings nearly colourless ; 

 veins black, Uiwny at the base. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



