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crown short, very slightly convex in front and equally concave be- 

 hind, its breadth ubont thrice ils length; front forminff with the 

 epistoma almost an oval, darker along each side where it is adorned 

 with a row of little yellow tubercles; epistoma pitchy, triangular, 

 slightly ridged, shorter and very much narrower than the front : fore- 

 chest not longer than the crown, slightly tuberculate, almost trans- 

 versely spindle-shaped, but more convex in front than behind, adorned 

 on the fore border willi a transversely elliptical yellow spot between 

 which and the hind border it is darker than elsewhere: middle-chest 

 trinngulai-, finely striated across, slightly concave on the fore border 

 whence eleven indistinct ridges radiate, darker towards the tip : 

 breast red, partly yellow : abdomen ferruginous, obconical, not longer 

 than the chest: legs black, broad, slightly grooved; thighs towards 

 the base, shanks towards the lips and feet tawny ; hind-legs tawny ; 

 hind-shanks armed with two spines : fore-wings brown, convex, 

 elliptical, quite coriaceous, widened on the fore border at the base 

 near which they are slightly concave ; some indistinct tawny marks 

 near the lips ; liind-wings slightly tinged with tawny, fully developed ; 

 veins tawny. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 

 a. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. 



4. Hemisph(erius Chilocorides, Fern. 



Ftdvus, flam maculatus ; mesothorax substriaius ; pedes fuM, nigra 

 varii ; ala fuha. 



Body tawny, in shape like the preceding species : head mottled 

 with yellow ; front with a row of little yellow tubercles along eacli 

 side; epistoma black, tawny next to the front: mouth tawny, reach- 

 ing the hind-hips: a transver.'fely elliptical yellow spot on the fore 

 border of the fore-chest: middle-chest brown, ils ridges more indis- 

 tinct than those of C. conlusus, some of them obsolete : legs tawny ; 

 anterior thighs black with tawny tips; a black band on each of the' 

 anterior shanks ; hind-shanks armed with two spines whose tips are 

 black : fore-wings tawny, in structure like those of C. contmus ; 

 hind-wings pale tawny ; veins tawny. Length of the body IJ line- 

 of the wings 4 lines. ' 



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



