LIST OF HOMOrTKIlOrS INSECTS. 



on the disk with two short very slender middle stripes, and on each 

 side of ihem with a large triiingnlar red spot, between which and 

 each side there is a slender oblique red streak ; hind border pale red, 

 hardlj excavated : abdomen obconical, a little shorter than the chest, 

 adorned with a large yellow spot on each side near the base; under 

 side adorned on the disk with a large pitchy spot, behind which are 

 two pitcliy dots : legs tawny ; thiglis and forc-liips streaked with 

 black ; feel, fore-shanks, and the tips of the middle-shanks black ; 

 claws black, tawny at the base ; fore-thighs armed with two tawny 

 teeth of moderate size : wings colourless j fore border I'errnginous 

 with a black stripe beneath as far as the brand, black from thence to 

 the tip ; veins tawny, tinged with fcrrnginoiis in the fore-wings, 

 black towards the tips, marked with black at the base ; primitive 

 areolet tawny ; fore-Haps pale buff; hind-ilaps pale buff at the base 

 and along some part of the veins. Length of the body 13 lines; 

 of the wings 40 lines. 

 a. New Holland. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



29. FiDiciNA FuLLO, Mas et Fem. 



Nei'vm Iransversus \us subcurvus, perobliquus, angulum peivbtu- 

 sum fingens, 2o feri triplA ejus longiludine divisus ; '2ns sxib- 

 curiim; valde oblii/ims, aiiiiuliiiii ^mobtusum fingens, H longi- 

 ludine ; 'ins curriis, xiilinhlii/tnis, inu/iiium subacutum fingens ; 

 4us subcurvus, suboblitjuus, uni/ii/um subacutum fingens, 3i 

 lotigitudine. 

 Second marginal areolet more than three-fourths of the length of 

 the first: first cross-vein very slightly curved, extremely slanting, 

 forming an extremely obtuse angle, parted from the second by nearly 

 thrice its length ; second very slightly curved, very slanting, form- 

 ing an extremely obtuse angle, as long as the fiist ; third curved, 

 slightly slanting, forming a slightly acute angle ; fourth slightly 

 curved, slightly slanting, forming a slightly acute angle, as long as 

 the third ; fifth curved, nearly upright, forming a very slightly acute 

 angle. 



Male. — Body black, short, broad, much powdered with white 

 on the under side, clothed with pale hairs and down : head a little 

 narrower than the fore-chest ; three small tawny marks about the 

 region of the eyelets : a short tawny band in front on each side of 

 the face which is very convex : mouth ferruginous with a black lip, 

 reaching to the hind borders of the drums : eyes prominent : feelers 

 black, fore-chest a little narrower in front than behind ; scutcheon 

 adorned with a tawny middle stripe which tapers from the fore border 



