The cabinet of oriental entomology : being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time discribed and figured . etato-striatis, basi subimpressis apicibusque truncatis ; corpore subtussordide albido opaco abdominis lateribus nigro maculatis. Alaus opaque pubescent, dirty buff-colom-ed, varied mth numerous black spots ; a broad interrupted fascia in themiddle of the elytra, and a naiTower subapical one angulated at the suture, all b!ack ; the prothorax is nearlysquare, c
The cabinet of oriental entomology : being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time discribed and figured . etato-striatis, basi subimpressis apicibusque truncatis ; corpore subtussordide albido opaco abdominis lateribus nigro maculatis. Alaus opaque pubescent, dirty buff-colom-ed, varied mth numerous black spots ; a broad interrupted fascia in themiddle of the elytra, and a naiTower subapical one angulated at the suture, all b!ack ; the prothorax is nearlysquare, convex, and marked near each of the anterior angles with a black W, and in the middle with a black ? ;elytra punctate striate, slightly impres-sed at the base, and truncate at the tips ; body beneath dirty buff opaque ; thesides of the abdomen with small black spots. The specimen figured is a singular monstrosity ; the middle leg onthe right side having the coxa and trochanter of the nonnal form, followed by tluee femora conjoined together at thebase, each with its perfect tibia, and with one imperfect and two perfect tarsi. Length of the insect 1^ inch. Inliabits the Island of Ceylon. In the Collection of R. Templeton, Esq. PLATE XXXVI. (ORDER—nOMOPTERA. Section—Trimera. Family—Fdlgorid^. Leach.) FIGURE (HOTINA) SPINOL/E. Westw. (In Ann. Nat. Hist., April, 1842.) Fulgora rostro corporis longitudine ailscciiJente supra nigro, subtus luteo ; corporc fulvo, pronoti margine anticoet in medio, mesonoto plaga lata media pimetis duobus strigisquc obliquis lateralibus nigris ; alis anticistuacis venis fulvis, ante medium fasciis tribus rectis transversis, palliJe fulvis, maculisijue 6 aut 7 subapicalibus(quarum nonnulhc faseiam macularcm formant) ; alis posticis fulvis apicibus nigris. Fulgora with the rostrum as long as the body, ascending at the tip, black above, luteous beneath, body fulvous,the pronotum with the anterior margin and the middle, and the
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