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roughly punctured, moderately liigh in front, rising almost vertically 

 from the head, with a slight ridge ; shouldeiii rounded, nut promi- 

 nent; horns ahove ccmical, broad, ])rismatic, acute, slightly diverg- 

 ing and curved outward, a little inclined forward, in length about 

 twice the breadth of the chest between them ; edge ferruginous ; 

 hind side much narrower than either of the other sides which are 

 slightly ridged ; hind appendage keeled, slender, slightly curved 

 downward, tapering from the base to the lip which is very acute and 

 extends far beyond the lip of the abdomen : legs ferruginous ; thighs 

 black ; shanks very slightly widened : wings colourless j fore-wings 

 rather long and narrow, pitchy and punctured at the base ; veins 

 ferruginous, pitchy at the base ; two discoidal areolets. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



62. Centhotus pallidus, I'"em. 

 Fenugineus ; alte limpidte ; alcB anticte basi picew. 



Ferruginous, thickly clothed with pale tawny hairs : head very 

 short, narrower than the fore-chest, transversely subfusiforra, with 

 the exception of the face, which is conical, narrow, very prominent, 

 and longer than the head behind it : eyes prominent : fore-chest 

 low in front, inclined backward, with a distinct ridge ; shoulders 

 rounded, not prominent; horns above diverging, very slightly as- 

 cending, prismatic, acute, slightly curved backward, in length a 

 little less than the breadtli of the chest between them ; hind side a 

 little narrower than either of the other sides ; hind appendage ta- 

 pering, slender, hardly notched above the scutellum : breast thickly 

 clothed with pale yellow down : shanks slender : wings colourless ; 

 fore-wings pitchy at the base ; veins ferruginous ; two discoidal 

 areolets. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



63. Cenirotus BicoLon, Fem. 



Niger, snhlusfiavo pnbescens ; cornua ferruginea ; pedes ferrugi- 

 nei ; alee limpidte ; alte anticce basi femiginete. 

 Black, thickly clothed beneath with pale yellow down : head 

 very short, thinly punctured, a little narrower than the fore-chest, 

 transversely subfusifonn with the exception of the face, which is 

 conical, very prominent, and much exceeds the length of the heart 

 behind it : eyes very prominent : fore-chest roughly punctured, 



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