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versely elliptical, narrower than the fore-chest, retuse on each side 

 of the face ; this is also retuse and truncated in front, obconical 

 behind, and a little shorter than the head behind it: fore-chest high 

 in front, indistinctly ridged, rising vertically from the head ; shoul- 

 ders rounded, not prominent; horns above short, conical, prismatic, 

 acute, diverging, curved upward, very slightly inclined backward, 

 in length less than half the breadth of the chest between them ; 

 hind side a little narrower than either of the other sides ; hind ap- 

 pendage keeled, much shorter than the abdomen, tapering from the 

 base to the tip, which is very acute : legs ferruginous ; thighs 

 black : fore-wings very slightly tinged with pale yellow, pitchy and 

 punctured at tlie base ; veins tawny; two discoidal areolets. Length 

 of the liody 2 lines ; of the wings 4^ lines. 



o — c. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



66. Centrotus cafreolus, Fem. 



Niger, brevis, latus ; cnmua lateralia brevissitna ; comu posticum 

 abdomine mult/) brevins ; tarsi picei ; al<e antica luridic, 

 albido maculata, basi nigra:. 

 Black, short, broad, shining, minutely punctured, clothed with 

 tawny hairs: head very short, transversely subfusiform, narrower 

 than the fore-chest, slightly striated between the eyelets, slightly 

 retuse along the fore border ; face short, broad, truncate in front: 

 fore-chest high, indistinctly ridged, rising vertically from the head, 

 having on each side in front an oblique furrow, adjoining which it 

 is almost smooth ; shoulders angular, prominent ; horns above very 

 short, conical, prismatic, acute, diverging, slightly inclined upward, 

 very slightly curved backward, in length less than one-third of the 

 breadth of the chest between them ; hind side a little narrower than 

 either of the other sides ; hind appendage stout, very much shorter 

 than the abdomen, tapering from the base to the tip, which is acute : 

 feet pitchy ; wings lurid ; fore-wings black and ])uncturcd at the 

 base, near which there is a whitish mark ; veins pitchy, feiTuginous 

 in the pale part ; two discoidal areolets. Length of the body 2^ 

 lines ; of the wings 6 J lines. 



a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



b. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Wood's collection. 



