LIST or IIOMOPTEKOUS INSECTS. 



42. Bythoscopus sinensis. 



Ni(/er, luteo guttalus ; thoracis latera Jlavescentia ; pedes lutei,/e- 

 moribus nigra etfiavo vittatis, libiis supra piceis ; alw anlicee 

 fuscce ; aim poslicm cinercie. 



Black: head very short, full as broad as the chest: mostly 

 luteous on each side beneath ; crown mostly yellowish-luteous, 

 rounded in front, with parallel borders, or equally long across the 

 whole breadth, which, excluding the eyes, is hardly six times the 

 length; a straight transverse furrow near the fore border ; face flat, 

 almost conical : chest covered with yellowish-luteous dots ; shield 

 very convex along the fore border, very slightly concave behind ; a 

 triangular luteous compartment on each side of the scutcheon; 

 breast mostly dingy yellow on each side: legs luteous; thighs 

 striped with black and yellow ; shanks pitchy above : fore-wings 

 brown : hind-wings gray. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 7 lines. 

 a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



43. Bythoscopus ater. 



Niger ; aim postica fuscx. 



Black, slightly shining : head very short, as broad as the chest ; 

 crown rounded in front, with parallel borders, longitudinally striated ; 

 its breadth, excluding the eyes, about six times its length ; face al- 

 most flat, with a transverse furrow between the eyelet, and slight 

 cross ridges on each side: shield very finely striated across, very 

 convex along the fore border, slightly concave behind ; scutcheon 

 almost smooth : hind-wings brown. Length of the body 3i lines; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 

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



44. Bythoscopus cupheus. 



Rvfus; fades scutique latera alba; pectus et abdomen nigra; 

 pedes flavi; aim anticce limpidm, cupreo Irifasciatce. 



Pale red : head full as broad as the chest, very short ; crowu 

 rounded in front, equally long across the whole breadth, which, 



