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Myzorhyncus Sinensis. — Walker. 
Head, slate-grey, covered with long silky white hair-like scales on ti 
vertex, numerous bluish-white palisade scales on the occiput and behin 
dark brown palisade scales. Wings, with two golden costal spots an 
golden apical fringe. Thorax, dark slate-grey with golden hairs. Le< 
narrowly banded. 
Female Head. Dark slate-grey: on the vertex, projecting forwari 
between the eyes, a tuft ol long curved silky white scales, and some shorte 
falciform scales of similar colour ; behind these are rows of bluish-whil 
palisade scales, and further back, rows of dark brown palisade scale 
extending laterally. Basal joint of antenna, dark brown, with a few silver 
spatulate scales, second joint, dark brown, as long as any two succeedin 
joints, and scaled with clavate silvery scales, as are the next two joints 
remaining joints, dark brown with silvery down : verticillate hairs, dar 
brown. Palpi, as long as the proboscis, heavily scaled with long clavat 
scales, especially long at the. base, with a ring of white scales at the base c 
t e third, fourth and fifth joints, and the apex of the fifth has some whit 
scales. The white scaling involves both sides of the joint. Proboscis 
entirely covered with dark scales, very long at the base. 
Thorax. Prothoracic lobes, dark slate-grey, almost black, with a dens 
tutt of dark brown palisade scales, on the upper third. Mesonotum dar 
slate-giey behind, chestnut-brown in front, with dark slate lines, thinly cla' 
with long golden hairs. Scutellum, dark slate, sometimes chestnut-brow 
with golden hairs. Pleura, dark blackish-brown with a few golden hairs 
Wings, clad with brown and creamy-yellow lanceolate scales, distribute! 
as follows:—Costa, with dark brown scales broken by a golden-yellow patcll 
ol scales about its centre, which extends on to first long vein, and anothe 
spot close to the apex which extends on to the second long vein, first Ion; 
\ein with three patches of yellow scales, the first being the longest and dost 
to. the base, the other two corresponding to the costal spots, second long veil 
with its stem clad with brown scales on its basal half and yellow scales or 
its apicai half; the upper branch has brown scales as far as the apical costa 
spot, where the scales are yellow, followed by brown to the apex, the lowe 
branch being creamy-scaled except at base and apex; third vein creamy 
yellow except at base and apex, fourth vein mottled with both coloured scale: 
to its division, where there is a patch of brown scales and another spot of darl 
scales at apex of each branch, fifth vein yellow in most of its length, with s 
basal patch of brown, and three ill-defined brown spots on its upper brand 
and one on its lower ; sixth vein, yellow with two brown spots; fringe, yellov 
from upper branch of second vein to apex of third, black for the rest of its 
course. Coxae, dark brown with scales. Legs, with dark brown scales 
with creamy bands at the apices of the metatarsal and first two tarsal join 
of all legs. Ungues, equal and simple. 
Abdomen. -Dense brown with golden hairs ; eighth segment with ventra 
tuft of long dark brown scales. 
Male .—The scaling of the head resembles that present in the female, but 
t e pa isade scales behind are lighter brown. Basal joint of antenna very 
arge and dark brown in colour and without scales, remaining joints dirtyj 
white m colour with dense plumose light-brown verticillate hairs, a few scales- 
