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black : hind-scutclieon of the fore-chest widened on each side into 

 a rim ; this forms an obtuse angle whose hind side is straight, and 

 its fore side slightly convex : scutcheon of the middle-chest tinged 

 with green, adorned with four broad pitchy stripes ; inner pair short, 

 obconical, succeeded by two pitchy dots ; outer pair nearly triangu- 

 lar, with several slight pitchy streaks in front; liiud border slightly 

 excavated : abdomen nearly oval, a little longer and broader than 

 the chest : drums of moderate size, rather less than half the length 

 of the abdomen, approaching each other beneath : legs tawny ; 

 thighs and fore-shanks streaked with black ; tips of the claws black ; 

 fore-thighs armed with two long teeth : wings with a very slight 

 tawny tinge, tawny at the base ; veins green, black towards the tips; 

 first and second cross-veins and the longitudinal vein between the 

 first and the fore border of the wing clouded with brown ; flaps 

 tawny at the base, brown along the fore border. Length of the 

 body 13 lines ; of the wings 38 lines, 

 a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 



9. Zammaiia cuncta, Fem. 

 Nervus transversiis Ins subczirvus, obliquus, angulum obtusum Jin- 

 gens, 2o qidnquies ejus longitudine divisus ; 2us subcureus, 

 valdi obliquus, angulumpcrobtu.iumJingens, lo mullo longior ; 

 3iis rectus, erectvs, angulum obtusum Jin gen s ; Aus curvus, 

 nbliqims, angulum obtusum Jingcns, Sojeri triplo longior. 



Second marginal areolet full two-thirds of the length of the 

 first ; first cross-vein very slightly curved, slanting, forming an ob- 

 tuse angle, parted from the second by full five limes its length ; 

 second slightly curved, very slanting, forming an extremely obtuse 

 angle, much longer than the first; third straight, upright, forming 

 an obtuse angle ; fourth curved, slanting, forming an obtuse angle, 

 nearly thrice the length of the third; fifth slightly curved, almost 

 upright, forming a hardly obtuse angle. Body dark tawny, paler be- 

 neath : head narrower than the fore-chest : face very slightly convex : 

 mouth tawny with a black tip, reaching the hind-hips: eyes not 

 prominent ; feelers black, tawny at the base : hind-scutcheon of ilie 

 fore-chest widened on each side into a rim, wdiich forms an obtuse 

 angle whose hind side is very slightly concave : scutcheon of the 

 middle-chest adorned with four broad pitchy obconical stripes, the 

 outer pair much longer than the inner pair ; hind border very 

 slightly excavated : abdomen obconical, slightly compressed towards 

 the tip, rather narrower but not longer than the chest : drums 

 lawny, very small, far apart : legs tawny ; tips of the claws black 



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