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tlie length ; comparlmenl on each side oval, concave ; epistoma 

 slightly convex, with oblique streaks on each side : fore-cliest with 

 a very obtuse inward anpfle on the Iiind border, very convex and 

 bordered by a rim in front, with a middle ridse ; its length on each 

 side less than half of that in the middle : middle-chest more than 

 thrice the length of the fore-chest, with three green stripes, the 

 middle one accompanying a ridge: breast luteous: abdomen ob- 

 conical, crested, pale green and tinged with white above : legs pale 

 luteous : wings broad : fore-wings whitish-green, dilated and tuber- 

 culated along more than half the length of the hind border, trun- 

 cated at the tips which form right angles with the hind borders ; 

 veins bright luteous, especially along the fore border towards the 

 base where the whole wing has that hue when not closely inspected ; 

 longitudinal veins rather numerous, ramified ; cross-veins very nu- 

 merous over the whole surface; fore border slightly convex, along it 

 a row of oblique parallel cross-veins which are shorter and more 

 apart towards the tip, along wliich there is a row of similar veins : 

 hind-wings white. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



o. East India. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 



43. PcEOlLOPTEBA LATIFBONS, Fcm. 



Lutea, lata, viridi varia ; caput breve ; thorax: carinatus ; abdomen 

 cristatum ; pedes flavi ; tibice tarsiqite anteriora ferruginea ; 

 alee anlicw virides, luteo mari/inalce, apice subrotundata el 

 fusco nolala; ; alee posticie albidai. 



Body rather broad, luteous, green here and there : head short, 

 crown not visible, or forming one segment with the front which is 

 short and slightly arched above, flat and vertical on the fore side, 

 slightly rounded on each side, bordered by a rim, very concave where 

 it joins the epistoma, with a middle ridge which extends along the 

 whole length, the breadth on the fore side rather exceeding the 

 length ; epistoma convex, with ferruginous oblique stripes on each 

 side, tapering in front: tip of the mouth black; compartment on 

 each side rather small : bristle of the antenna black ; fore-chest with 

 a slight middle ridge, convex in front, slightly concave behind, its 

 length in the middle nearly twice that on each side : middle-chest 

 with a longitudinal ridge, full four times the length of the fore-chest ; 

 a transverse suture near the tip : abdomen oliconical, crested, a little 

 longer than the chest : lower appendages curved upward, concave 

 within, ferruginous at the tips ; upper appendage pale green, spindle- 

 shaped, inclosing with the other two a cavity: legs pale yellow ; an- 



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