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4. Ledra gibba. 



Testacea ; caput quadricarinutum, postice nigra marginatum, sub- 

 tus nigrum testaceo trivittalum ; scutum nigra varium, bicris- 

 tatum ; scutellum apice subgibbum ; pectus nigrum, lateribus 

 testaceis ; abdomen rufum, sublus nii/rum testaceo fasciatum; 

 pedes rufo guttati ; aloe anticie sublimpida:, basi ferruginece, 

 ad castam picea unimaculatcB ; alai pastica limpidte. 



Testaceous: head not broader than the chest, very slightly 

 arched, somewhat obtusely angular on the fore border and on each 

 side, black, and very slightly concave on the hind border, with four 

 irregular ridges, two on each side diverging from the hind border ; 

 its length full half its breadth ; underside black, with three pale tes- 

 taceous stripes : shield very slightly convex along the fore border, 

 marked here and there vvilli black, armed with two very high coni- 

 cal slightly diverging and inclined backward crests, whose height is 

 not much less than their length; scutcheon slightly gibbous towards 

 the tip : breast black ; sides mostly testaceous : abdomen red above, 

 black beneath, with a testaceous band on the hind border of each 

 segment: legs pale testaceous, dotted with red; shanks with a few 

 pitchy tubercles : fore-wings almost colourless, ])unctured and pale 

 ferruginous towards the base, with a large pitchy spot beyond the 

 middle of the fore border; veins ferruginous, strongly marked: 

 hind-wings colourless. Length of the body 4 J lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 

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



5. LeDBA DILATATA. 



Testacea, ferrugineo tuberculata ; caput tricarinatum ; scutum 

 convexum, qtdnquecarinatum, fasciatum, transverse foveola- 

 tum ; scutellum apice gibbum bicristatum ; abdomeri supra 

 rufum; tibia; subdilalatw, ciliatce; ahc anticce albidee, vents 

 basi picea tuberculatis ; alee postictc limpidte. 



Testaceous, paler beneatli : head and chest beset with ferrugi- 

 nous tubercles : liead broader than the chest, very slightly arched, 

 almost semicircular on the fore border, somewhat angular on each 

 side, very slightly concave on the hind border, with three slight 

 vidges, tiie side pair short and oblique ; its length hardly half its 

 breadth : shield convex on the disk, lurrowed across, very slightly 

 convex along the fore border, with a pale band in the disk, which 



