T.IST or IIOMOPTEKOUS INSECTS. 



22. Dahnis olivacea. 



Darnis olivacea, Fahr. Si/sl. Ilkyn. 28, 8. Burm. Handb. Ent.W. 1, 

 141, 1. Silh. Rev. 'Enl. iv. 176, 13. Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. 

 Fr. 2?ne Serie, iv. 483, 20. 



Var. ? D. pallescens, Fabr. Si/.it. Rhjn. 28, 9. 



a. Brazil. Presented by tlie Entomological Club. 



b. Brazil. Presented J. G. Children, Esq. 



23. Darnis laticauda. 

 Darnis laticauda, Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Sirie, iv. 483, 22. 

 Brazil. 



24. Darnis apicahs. 

 Darnis apicalis, Fairm. Ann. Soc. Enl. Fr. '2me Sirie, iv. 483, 23. 

 Brazil. 



25. Darnis robusta, Mas. 



Testacea ; pectus nigra varium ; abdominis segmentorum mar- 

 gines postice et apex rufescenles ; femora et tibue nigra varia ; 

 ala anticiB subfuscce, ban flavm, apice fuscce, ad costam nigra 

 vittatte. 



Body testaceous : head and fore-chest broad, shining, pubes- 

 cent: head transvei-sc, flat, very short, much narrower than the 

 foie-chest ; it.s breadth more than four times its length ; fore border 

 and hind border very slightly undulating : fore-chest very convex, 

 very minutely rugulose ; shoulders obtusely angular, slightly pro- 

 minent ; keel rounded, rather deep, extending beyond the tip of 

 the abdomen, whose sides it embraces, angular above towards the 

 tip, which is acute : breast partly black : hind borders of the seg- 

 ments of the abdomen and its tip reddish : thighs and shanks 

 striped or marked with black : fore-wings pale brown, with dark 

 brown tips, pale yellow at the base, having along the fore border a 

 black stripe beneath, and beyond which they are reddish. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 

 a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



