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furrowed in front of the eyes, where it is bordered with whitish on each side 

 and at the tip; cone beneath slightly keeled, black towards the tip, with a 

 whitish rounded spine at the base; front mottled with testaceous, angular 

 and with a whiiish elongated dot near the cone; face short, excavated. 

 Mandibles with black tips. Eyes testaceous on the inner side, green on 

 the outer side. Antenii^e with numerous slender whitish rings. Prothorax 

 finely scabrous. Sternum with the usual form. Oviduct straight, a little 

 longer than the body. Four anterior femora with one row of spines, which 

 are very few and small beneath the fore femora; hind femora and four 

 anterior libite with two rows of black-lipped spines; hind tibiae with four 

 rows of spines. Wings rather less than twice the length of the body. 

 Hind wings pellucid, with pale veins. Length of the body io lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 42 lines. 

 a. Demerara. From Mr. Bowers' collection, 



28. CONOCEPHALUS SIMULATOR. 



Foem. Fulvus^ suhtus teslaceus ; fasligium breve, albido marginatum, 



antica latum et rotundatum, suhtus bast angulalum apice niyricanle 



fascialum ; frons furpurascente varia, gutta apud fastigium albida 



longiuscula ; antennce nigricantes, basi fulvce ; prothoracis margo 



posticus albido nigroque punctatus ; prosternum bispinosum ; ovi- 



ductus rectus, corpore brevior ; femora subtus nigricantia ; femora 



antica non spinosa ; alee longce ; alee antica diaphance, pallido 



venoscE. 



Female. Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head and prothorax finelyr 



punctured. Cone of the head short, whitish on each side and on the fore 



border, where it is broad and rounded ; under side with a narrow blackish 



band near the tip, obtusely angular at the base; front partly purplish, with 



a whitish elongated dot between the antennae. Mandibles pale red, with 



black lips. Antennae blackish, tawny towards the base. Proihorax wilb 



three whiiish points on the hinrl border, each with a smaller blaci point at 



each end. Sternum of the usual form. Oviduct straight, rather shorter 



thau the body ; femora blackish beneath ; middle femora with a single row 



of a few minute spines; hind femora and four anterior tibiae with two rows 



of black-lipped spines; hind libite with four rows. Wings raiher less than 



twice the length of the body. Hind wings pellucid; veins pale. Length 



of ihe body 17 lines; expansion of the fore wings 50 lines. 



The cone of the head is shorter and much broader in front than that of 

 the preceding species. 

 a. Brazil? From Mr. Argent's collection. 



29. CoNOCEPHALUS ? LATIFRONS. 



Foem. Testacens, viridi varius ; fastigium latissimum, antice rotundatumy 

 antennurum articulum \um vix superans, basi subtus rotundatum ; 

 antennce picece, basi testacece ; prothorax lineis duubus nigricantibus 

 valde inlerruptis ; prosternum bispinosum ; oviductus piceus, rectus^ 

 basi testaceus^ corpore vix brevior ; pedes brevi, robusfi, femoribus- 

 anticis unispinosis, femoribus intermediis trispinosis ; alee abdomen 

 non supcrantes ; alee postic<e diuphance, viridi venosie. 



