LIST OK lIOMOPTKnoUS INSECTS. 



38. Thelia gladiator, Fern. 



Ferruginea ; prothorax cornu rufo, obliqud porrecto, ni<iro margi- 

 nalo artnatus, utrinque apicem versus Jlavo sexcarinatus ; alee 

 sjtbcinerea; ; aim tmlicm basi el ad costam ferruginew. 

 Ferruginous : head very short, transversely subfusiform, some- 

 what de])iesse(l, much narrower than the fore-chest ; a slight ridge 

 extends along it to the face whose hind part is truncate-conical and 

 occupies half the length of the head: eyes very prominent: fore- 

 chest roughly punctured, convex in front, slightly ridged, keeled 

 behind, im])ressed towards the fore border, armed above the shouldei's 

 with a porrect red obliquely ascending much compressed horn ; it 

 has a broad black border on each side, and its length is about 

 thrice its breadth at the base whence it tapers gradually to the tip ; 

 shoulders very obtusely angular, sliglitly prominent ; hind part ob- 

 lanceolate, extending far beyond the tip of the abdomen, much 

 attenuated towards the tip vvliich is acute and curved downward ; 

 ridges yellow, six on each side of the ridge of the keel which is 

 very shallow; wings pale gray; fore-wings ferruginous and punc- 

 tured at the base and along part of the fore border, veins ferruginous, 

 very stout; areolets long and narrow. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



39. Thema ? Mutilated. 



■ ? Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



40. Thelia oibba. 

 Atypa gibba, De Lap. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 221, pi. 6, f. 5. 



Genus 23. HEMIPTYCHA. 



Membracis, Fabr., Oliv., Gmel. 

 Centrotus, Fabr. 



Hemiptycha, Oerm., Burm,, Ami/ot et Seraj., Blanch. Fuirm. Ann 

 Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Sirie, iT."312. 



