866 LIST OF HOMOPIEKOUS INSECTS. 



side : abdomen black ; hind borders of tlic segments tawny : veins 



of the fore-wings few, black, excepting those along the hind border: 



hind-wings gi'ay. Length of the body 4i lines ; of the wings Oi 



lines. 



a. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



32. Bythoscopus uemotus. 



Ferruffineus, nigra vurius ; abdomen piceum, abdominis segmenta 

 ferruffineo fasciata ; pedes picei ; aim poslicce f usees . 

 Pale ferruginous, mottled with black : head finely striated lon- 

 gitudinally, as broad as the chest, convex, and almost semicircular 

 in front, equally concave behind ; its length equal between the eyes, 

 not one-sixth of its breadth ; face triangular, flat, indistinctly stri- 

 ated on each side : shield finely striated transversely ; scutcheon 

 very minutely (punctured : abdomen pitchy ; hind borders of the 

 dorsal segments ferruginous : legs pitcliy : fore-wings slightly ru- 

 gulose : hind-wings brown. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



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



33. BvTHoscopns fdlvus. 



Testaceo fulvus ; caput nigra varium ; pectus nigrum, fulvo bima- 

 culatum ; abdomen nigra natatum, subtus nigrum ; pedes ni- 

 gra varii ; alee posticce sublimpidce, apice subfusca. 



Testaceous tawny: head extremely short, as broad as the chest, 

 slightly convex in front, more concave behind ; crown slightly 

 widening on each side, its length in the middle not more than one- 

 twelfth of the breadth ; a black band on the front, which is trans- 

 versely striated ; face flat, roughly punctured, its disk surrounded 

 by a black oval, which encloses two black stripes, sending forth pa- 

 rallel branches on each side : plates on each side of the epistoma 

 marked with black ; chest transversely striated ; shield very convex 

 along the fore border, slightly concave behind : breast black, with a 

 tawny spot on each side : abdomen with blackish marks along each 

 side, black beneath : oviduct ferruginous : fore-thighs streaked with 

 black beneath ; middle-thighs black at the base ; hind-thighs black 

 along half the length : tips of hind-shanks black : hind-wings al- 

 most colourless, brownish towards the tips. Length of the body 4 

 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



0. Van Diemen's Land. Presented by the Rev. Augustus Beaufort. 



