Genus Kingia. J37 
Palpi black ; tips with 1 long silvery-white scales. Thorax : 
prothoracic lobes with flat silvery-white scales; mesothorax with 
a well-defined median line and two lateral spots of narrow-curved, 
golden yellow scales ; anteriorly there are also two large spots of 
flat silvery-white scales, and a few silvery-white scales on the 
lower margin of the posterior yellow spots; the rest of the 
mesothorax with dark brown scales ; scutellum with flat silvery- 
white scales; pleurae dark brown with two large patches of 
silvery scales. 
Abdomen rich bronzy-brown; segments 1 to 6 each with 
a well-defined, narrow, basal band of smoky-yellow scales; 
penultimate segment with a large lateral patch and the terminal 
segment almost covered with brilliant metallic-silvery scales; 
venter with well-defined, more or less triangular patches of 
metallic-silvery scales narrowing towards the apex, where they 
appear as two divergent lines ; the scales forming the outer 
lateral angles of the spots projecting at the sides of the abdomen 
appearing as outstanding scales. 
Legs bronzy blackish-brown; coxae and trochantae, ochreous ; 
anterior and mid femora with scattered metallic-silvery scales; 
hind femora with a central anterior band and an apical group 
of silvery scales ; anterior and mid tarsi with narrow dull-white 
basal bands to the first three segments, metatarsal band broadest; 
hind tarsi with a broad white basal band to the first, a narrow 
one to the second, and the third segment almost entirely white 
above, basally it is not so. 
Wings uniformly pale brown, rather densely scaled, first 
Fig. 49. 
Wing of Kingia luteocephala. ?. Newstead. 
sub marginal cell much longer &nd slightly narrower than the 
second posterior.” 
