Gen. STRUMETA, n. g. (_Plate II. fig. 4._)

_Fœm._ _Corpus_ latiusculum, pubescens, vix setosum. _Abdomen_

brevi-ovatum, thorace latius et paullò longius. _Alæ_ mediocriter

latæ, limpidæ, fasciis fuscis, venâ transversâ præbrachiali

undulatâ, perobliquâ.

_Female._ Body rather broad, dull, pubescent, hardly setose. Head

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

and palpi short. Antennæ mutilated in the insect here described.

Abdomen short oval, broader and a little longer than the thorax.

Wings moderately broad, limpid with brown bands; longitudinal veins

almost straight; subcostal and mediastinal veins almost contiguous;

mediastinal vein ending at much beyond half the length of the wing;

radial ending at a little beyond four-fifths of the length; cubital

ending at somewhat in front of the tip; discal transverse vein

nearly straight and upright, parted by full one-fourth of its length

from the border, and by about its length from the præbrachial

transverse which is undulating and very oblique.

111. STRUMETA CONFORMIS, n. s., fœm. Cervina, thoracis vittis duabus,

metathorace et pectoris disco nigricantibus, pedibus testaceis, alis

limpidis fusco-quadrifasciatis.

_Female._ Fawn-colour. Thorax with two blackish stripes. Metathorax

and disk of the pectus blackish. Legs and halteres testaceous. Wings

limpid, pale brown along the costa, and with four pale brown bands;

1st and 2nd bands connected hindward; veins black, testaceous

towards the base. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 7 lines.

Singapore.

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