AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IttSTITUTE

6 OATALOGUE 011'
1. TORONE EYBt..EOID:eS.
Fiero. RII/t'Recnla-JuBca: corpus ryaneo.'fIigf'tl.m, BubtUR 'NlJum ;
capllt 8ublus album: aim a'fltic01 nigro punctalO1, purpura8-
eente BtJD~S01, basi lehistactm. lineill duabus nigriN, la angulllta,
24 7I1'b"I084 ant1ce interr'llpla apud I!I1slam dilatata
"rigis d'llabtll e:Dlericlribw n.igris, cOBta subtus 'Nlfa, fascia.
BUbtUB lulea; posti(·OJ plaga '1'11/4, $'Ubtw 'l'Ufm nigro PUtlC_
taLfP.
Female. Dark reddish brown. Body bluish black, red beneath.
Head and fore part of the thorax browll, white beneath.
Fore wings with a purplish tinge, dark slnte-colour towards the base;
many black poiuts, which are mostly on the veins; int.erior and exterior
lines black, rather diffuse I interior line forlning D.1l outward
angle; cxterinr line olouded, iutert'u)lted in fl'Ont, filrmiug a triuDgular
patoh on the oostn; two more exterior black stl'eaks, one
extending from tbe costn to the fore part of' Lbe extorior 1lOrder, the
other e:ctendiulC along the hind pllrL of the exterior borde·r; under
Bide red along the !losta, with a broad regular exterior brigbt pa.le
luteous baud. Hind wiugs willi a large bright red patch; under
side bright red, brown :i1()lIg the burder, with blllok dotted VOitIS.
Length of the body 8-9 lines; of tho wings 20-22lillea.
a.-c. Ega. From MI'. Bates' colIcciion.
Vat'. Body and fore wings fawlI-colour, excepting the InteoUB
band beneath.
d. Villa Nova. From lIr. Bates' colleation.
Gonus 0, PROPAOHYS.
llf(1,8. COI'PltS I'Obulotum. Probosois valida. Pallli porreeti,
orassi, clavaU, slluaulOsi, cllpitis latitudino ]ougiores, artieulis arete
cOlljunctis. Antennm validm, subsetlllosil', subpubescentes. Pedes
robusti j 1,el1es nutiei incrassati 1 tibill! deuse limbriatoo. Alee el()U.
gUUOj sutieD! apicc subl'otuudatm.
Male. Body stout. Pruboscis robust. PaIpi PC)fI'('ct, mosaive,
cinville, smootll, SqUIl1l10US, longer tl18n the breadth of the
head; joints closely cOlnpnctcd together. AntenlllO stout, very
minutelv Rellllusc BlId pubescent. Abrlomen extending VCI',. litllo
beyond ibe bind wings. Legs vefY stout; hind tibilll with four long
spllrs j fore legs iucrBRsnted, squamous; tibilll densoly fringed.
Wings clougllte. Fore wings slightly rounded at tho tips; oosta