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tubcrcules in its middle, its upper carina not sharp, but fully developed, rounded ; 
vertex with two lateral furrows narrow, but very distinct. Eyes egg-shaped ; 
inner orbits slightly emarginate in upper part. Pronotum rather broad ; its 
margins dentieulate ; fore margin semicircular ; sides in prozona and in meta- 
zona parallel ; coxae dilatation but a little wider than prozona, while metazona 
is distinctly more narrow ; prozonal disc very convex, with two small oblique 
impressions near its apex ; its longitudinal sulcus scarcely perceptible in the 
hind part only ; transverse sulcus not interrupted, narrow, but very distinct, 
straiglit, with ends directed forwards ; metazona twice as long as prozona, less 
con vi^x, slightly selliform in profile, with two shallow impressions just behind the 
coxae dilatation, with middle carina entire, though feeble, better developed in the 
hind part ; the whole surface of pronotum, especially the middle part of meta- 
zona, bears scattered small gi-anules ; hind margin widely rounded, with shght, 
but sharp, emargination in its middle. Elytra shorter than abdomen, entirely 
coriaceous, slightly widened towards the apex, which is very widely rounded. 
Wings semicircular. Anterior coxae with numerous densely placed acute tuber- 
cles beneath ; interior surface with an irregular row of callous tubercles ; upper 
external carina armed with eight obtuse spines, with minute acute spinules, 
placed in interspaces ; upper surface slightly convex, smooth, with a few scar- 
cely perceptible spinules, placed in a longitudinal row along the middle. Fore 
femora and tibiae with an armure typical for the genus. Supraanal plate semi- 
elliptical, feebly carinated along its middle. Cerci short, thick, rounded. Sub- 
genital plate with apex divided in two lobes. 
General coloration greyish-yellow. Spines of fore femora and tibiie brownish, 
darker towards the tips. Fore tibiae orange red beneath. Fore metatarsi 
black on the inside, except the apices. Wings violaceous-black ; humeral 
field rose-violaceous, wdth an oval black spot near the apex ; the whole outer 
margin with a bright sulphurous border about 2-3mm. broad. 
Length of body 
Width of head 
Length of pronotum 
„ metazona 
Width of prozona in its middle 
,, metazona „ „ 
„ „ coxal dilatation . . 
Length of elytra 
Width of elytra in their middle 
Length of wdngs 
Width „ in their middle 
Length of anterior coxae . . 
„ ,, femora . . 
,, „ tibiae 
„ hind femora 
48 mm. 
6 
12.5 
8.5 
4 
3.5 
5 
17 
7 
15 
12 
9 
11 
5.5 
10 
The type is unique. It was brought home from Afghanistan by Dr. 
Aitchison of the Afghan Delimitation Commission, but somehow, probably 
because it had not been set out, it remained unnoticed and was not recorded 
by W. Kirby, who worked out the collection of the said Commission.* The 
species is so conspicuous by the splendid coloration of its hind wdngs, that 
there is no need for its comparison with other known species of the genus. 
9. Hestiasula brunneriana, Sauss. 
Quetta, Baluchistan, 1 5 (British Museum). 
The single poorly preserved specimen agrees fairly well with Saussure’s original 
description, as well as with Wood-Mason’s drawings (Journ. Asiat. Soc., Bengal 
Trans. Linn. Soc , London, second series, Vol. V, part 3, pp. 137-14 •. 
