450 LIST OF HOMOrXERODS INSECTS. 



part of the Lead, increasing in l>readth towards the episloma; bor. 

 deied by a rim, havinj? a middle ridjfe, almost angular on each side, 

 deeply notched wheie it joins the episloma, its breadth in front much 

 exceeding its length ; epistoma ridged at the base : tip of the mouth 

 black : fore-chest slightly concave behind, very convex on the fore 

 border, with a middle ridge, its length in the middle much exceeding 

 that on each side: middle-chest more than four times the length of 

 the fore-chest, with three ridges, the side pair slightly diverging ; a 

 cross suture near the tip which is lanceolate : abdomen obconical, 

 hardly longer than the chest ; appendages at the tip large : legs 

 tawny; feet and fore-shanks ferruginous : wings broad; fore-wings 

 green, edged with dark red, very convex on the fore border, slightly 

 convex at the tips, a little rounded and not angular between the tips 

 and the hind border; veins pale yellow; longitudinal veins and 

 cross-veins very numerous, occupying the whole surface with iiTe- 

 giilar ramifications : hind- wings white. Length of the body 3^—4 

 lines; of the wings 10 — U lines. 

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



33. PcEOILOPTEBi LAOTIFREA. 



Straminea; mesothorax luteo biviUatvs; pedes straminei; ala 

 albtB. 

 Body pale straw-colour, powdered with white: head a little 

 narrower than the chest, very short ; crown hardly visible above ; 

 front very short above, large' and flat on the fore part, with a very 

 short ridge, rounded on each side, narrower towards the epistoma, 

 bordered by a rim, straight when it joins the epistoma, its breadth 

 exceeding its length ; epistoma lanceolate: fore-chest arched; middle- 

 chest with two hileous stripes, more than thrice the length of the 

 fore-chest: abdomen ohconical, not longer than the chest: legs pale 

 straw-colour, powdered with white: wings white, broad; veins pale 

 straw-colour ; longitudinal veins of the fore-wings numerous ; cross- 

 veins not numerous ; fore border slightly convex ; along it a row of 

 oblique, parallel, here and there forked, cross-veins. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. East India. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



b. North India. From Mr. Warwick's collection. 



