32 LIST OF IIOMOPTEllOUS INSKCTS. 



than one-tliivd of the length from the base. Length of the body 



7 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by T. Whitfield, Esq. 



14. OXYI'LEUKA POLYDORUS, Fem. 



Nervus transversus lusfere rectus, vatde obliqmis, angulum perob- 

 tusum fingens, 2o plus duplo ejtts lungiliuline divisus ; 2us 

 fere rectus, vald^ obliijuua, angulum ferobtusum fingens, \o 

 fere duplo longior ; 3us subcurvus, obliquus, angulum subacu- 

 tum fingens ; 4us subundatxis, obliquus, angulum subacutuin 

 fingens, 3o mulll) longior. 



Second marginal areolct full five-sixths of the length of the 

 first; first cross- vein nearly straight, very slanting, forming an ex- 

 tremely obtuse angle, parted from the second by much more than 

 twice its length; second nearly straight, very slanting, forming an 

 extremely obtuse angle, near twice the length of the first ; third 

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

 fourth slightly waved, slanting, forming a slightly acute angle, 

 much longer than the tliird ; filth curved, nearly upright, forming a 

 slightly acute angle. Body green, short, broad, tinged witli tawny: 

 head very much narrower than the fore-chest, adorned with two 

 irregular black bands, which are joined together on each side at the 

 base of the feelers, and include eight tawny spots ; face very slightly 

 convex, adorned in front with a pitchy stripe, and with a pitchy band : 

 mouth tawny, with a pitchy tip, reaching a little beyond the hind- 

 hips ; eyes not prominent: feelers black; scutcheon of the fore- 

 chest adorned with a black stripe ; hind-scutcheon broad, much 

 widened <ni each side, and forming a nearly right angle, whose 

 hinder part is edged with black: middle-chest adorned with two 

 black U-.shapcd marks, with four black slanting stripes, and with 

 four black dots ; hind liorder sliglitly excavated : abdomen ob- 

 conical, narrower and a little longer than the chest, adorned above 

 with a row of black spots on eacli side, powdered with white be- 

 neath ; legs green, tinged with tawny, thighs and fore-shanks 

 streaked witli black ; feet black, with tawny bands ; teeth of the 

 fore-thighs very small : wings colourless ; veins green, with black 

 bands towards the base, black towards the tips ; cross-veins clouded 

 with brown ; primitive areolet green, black towards the lip. Length 

 of the body 12 lines; of the wings 38 lines. 



a, b. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



