:ST 01' UOMOPTEnoUS INSECTS. 



10. Platypleuba HiLPA, Mas. et Fein. 



Nervus transversus lus subcurtms, obliqwts, an()ulum valdd ohlu- 

 sum Jingem, 2o ejus lonijiludine plus triplf/ divisus; 2us 

 subcurmis, obliquns, angxihim vahU obtusum Jingens ; \o multd 

 longior ; Sus curmis, obtiquiis, unguium subacutum Jingem ; 

 4us subcurvus, obliquus, unguium subaculum fingens, 3« 

 hrevior. 



Second marginal aveolet a little shorter tlian the first : first 

 cross-vein very slightly curved, slanting, forming a very obtuse 

 angle, parted from the second by more than thrice its length ; second 

 slightly curved, slanting, forming a very obtuse angle, very much 

 longer than the first; third curved, slanting, forming a slightly 

 acute angle; fourth slightly curved, slanting, forming a slightly 

 acute angle, shorter than the third ; fifth curved, upright, forming a 

 slightly acute angle: the two cro.ss-veins above it are di.stinct. Body 

 of the male tawny ; of the female dark tawny : head narrower than 

 the fore chest; a broad irregular black band across the crown ; face 

 slightly convex, adorned with black bands: mouth black, reaching 

 the hind-hips: eyes not prominent: feelers black: hind-scutcheon 

 of the fore-chest broad, not widened at the base of each fore-wing, 

 rounded and pitchy on each side : scutcheon of the middle-ehest 

 adorned with four broad black obconical stripes ; the inner pair not 

 more tlian half the length of the outer, pair ; between the latter there 

 is a conical stripe, and behind them there are five black spots, two 

 on each .side of the middle one, which is angular and joins the conical 

 stripe before mentioned ; hind border slightly excavated : breast 

 partly black : abdomen black, obconical, longer than the chest, 

 tiiwny at the tip beneath : opercula and drums of the male tawny, 

 the former rather large : legs very dark tawny ; claws black towards 

 the tips : fore-thighs without teeth : wings of tlie male paler than 

 those of the female ; fore-wings nearly colourless, dark tawny to- 

 wards the base, adorned with four broad irregular brown bands, and 

 along the hind border with two connected rows of brown spoUs ; 

 hind-wings dull tawny with two brown bands, the inner one broader 

 than the other, but not extending more than half across the wing; 

 flaps tawny. Length of the body 10 Hues; of the wings 32 lines, 

 a, b. China. Presented by J. C. Bowriug, Esq. 

 c. China. 



