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AphiVina greenisli-liroAVU, the crowu of the head excavated and iiiaa'ked with two whitish powdery spots hetw'een
the eyes ; the prothorax with au elevated carina down the middle, the scutellum powdered with white, the mctathorax
blackish; the mai'gins of the abdominal segments luteous-grecu, the base powdered witli white ; the basal half of the
tegmina ferrugmous, the disc poivdered with white, and with an iiTegiilar black fascia in the centre, aud some
blackish spots near the hind margin, the apic;ü portion horn-coloured varied with bnfl', hind wings orange-red
spotted with white, the base black, the apical portion horn-coloui'ed, and the anal angle buff; body beneath
and legs pitchy.
Expansion of the fore wings S j inches.
Inliabits Java. In Mus. Westwcod. Commimicated by M. ServUle, from the Collection of Latreille.
Tlie specimens described by IMr. "White, in the British !Mnseum Collection, are from Borneo, and
rary in the green colom- of the basal portion of the costa aud the base of the fore wings.
FIGURE 4.
A P H I E N A IMPEEIALIS. WHITE (IN ANN. NAT. HIST., 1846.)
Aphiena piceo-fusca facie et mesonoto hmnneis, ahdomiue nigro albo-farinoso ; tegminibus viridi-opacis apicihus
late viridi-fuscis, parte -viridi maculis ch-clter 25 nigris (8 costahbus); alis posticis dimidio basah incarnatis
maculis 9 nigi-is ; apicihus late nigris macula magna ovali vh-idi-cferulea a basi sepai'atis, pedibus piceo-fuscis.
ApliEena pitchy-hro'flTij the face and scuteUum bnmneous, the abdomen black, powdered wdth white ; the tegmina
ai'e opaque gi'een,witli the apices broadly gi-eenish-brown ; the basal green pai-t with about 25 black spots (8 of which
are costal); hind wings with the basal half dark scarlet with about 9 black spots, the apex broadly black, which is
separated from the base by a large ovalblue-gi-een spot arising from the costa, legs pitchy-brown.
Expansion of the tegmina 2 i inches.
Inhabits Sylhet. In Mus. Britann., Saunders and Westwood. Communicated by AV, W. Saunders, Esq.
FIGURE 5.
A N C Y R A APPENDICULATA. WHITE. (IN ANN. NAT. HIST., Jan. 1845.)
Piceo-uigra, facie, occipite et pronoto gríseo transverse stiiatis ; metanoto sanguíneo maculis duabus nigris ;
abdomine nigro apice alho-farinoso ; corpore subtus pedibusque nigris ; ventre luteo ; tegminibus coriaceis convexis,
piceo-purpui'eis, costa albo-pimctata, fascia media apieeque late albo-farinosis, hoc tubérculo nigro, appendicula
teiTninali instructo ; ahs posticis convexis costa ad apicem profunde sinuata apice ipso faleato, tibiis anticis dilatatis,
posticis 4 spinosis.
OES.—Hoc insectimi ad familiam Fulgoridainim revocandum, Em-ybrachi proximum.
AncjTa pitchy black, the face, crown of the head and pronotum tran.5versely streaked with grey, the metanotum
blood-x-ed with two black spots, the abdomen black with the tip densely powdered with white ; body beneath
and legs black, the belly luteous, the tegmina coriaceous, convex, purplish-pitchy, with the costa dotted with wiiite ;
a fascia across the middle and the apex broadly powdered with white, the latter with a black tubercle from whence
springs an elongated slender appendage widest at the tip ; hind wings convex, the costa at the apex deeply
sinuated, the tip itself falcate, the anterior tibise dilated, the posterior pah- with 4 spines.
Length of the insect i inch.
Expansion of the tegmina (exclusive of the terminal appendages) 1 inch.
Inhabits Moulmein. In the British Museum.
The plant represented in the plate is the Amphicome arguta Royle^ from the Himalayan Mountains.
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