Gen. THEMARA, n. g. (_Plate I. fig. 5._)

_Mas._ _Corpus_ latiusculum, subsetosum. _Caput_ thorace paullò

angustius. _Antennæ_ epistoma non attingentes; articulus 3^{us}

lanceolatus, longiusculus; arista latè plumosa. _Abdomen_

ellipticum, thorace non longius. _Alæ_ latiusculæ, obscuræ, maculis

pallidis, venis radiali et cubitali undulatis.

_Male._ Body rather broad. Head and thorax slightly setose. Head a

little less broad than the thorax; epistoma not prominent. Proboscis

short. Palpi short, porrect. Antennæ not reaching the epistoma; 3rd

joint lanceolate, rather long; arista deeply plumose, about twice

the length of the 3rd joint. Abdomen elliptical, as long as the

thorax. Wings rather broad, dark, with pale marks; subcostal vein

ending at much beyond one-third of the length; mediastinal ending at

much beyond half the length; radial undulating, ending at about

five-sixths of the length; cubital undulating, ending at the tip of

the wing; præbrachial and subanal hardly undulating; discal

transverse vein straight, nearly upright, parted by one-tenth of its

length from the border, and by more than half its length from the

præbrachial transverse.

110. THEMARA AMPLA, n. s., mas. Ferruginea, subtùs testacea, scutello,

abdominis fusci fasciis tribus pedibusque testaceis, alis obscurè

fuscis, maculis tribus anticis luridis tribusque posticis albis.

_Male._ Ferruginous, slightly shining, testaceous beneath. Head in

front and appendages testaceous. Scutellum and legs testaceous.

Abdomen brown above, testaceous at the base and with two testaceous

bands. Wings dark brown, with three hyaline triangular spots in

front and three on the hind border; the costal spots lurid, the hind

spots white. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines.

Singapore.

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