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slightly rounded. Prusternum with two long slender spines. Oviduct as 

 long as the abdomen. Legs rather slender; four anterior femora unarmed ; 

 hind femora and four anterior tibiae wiih two rows of minute s|>ines ; hind 

 tibiae with four rows. Wings extending very much beyond the abdomen. 

 Fore wings rather longer than the hind wings, which are pellucid and have 

 white veius. Length of llie body 20 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 48 lines. 

 a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collcciion. 



57. COMOCEPHALUS SPATULATUS. 



Foem. Testaceus, robustus, snbliliter punctatus ; fastigium lanceolatum, 

 subsulcatum, apice nigrum, subtus carinatmn; ocuU nigri ; pro- 

 thoracis carince lalerales non bene determinate ; prosltrui spince 

 breves; oviductus vix arcuatiis, abdomine pavllo brevinr ; pedes 

 robusli, femoribus quatuor anlerioribus subspinosis ; alee posticce 

 diaphance, pallido venosce. 



Female. Testaceous, stout. Head and proihorax thickly and minutely 

 punctured. Fastigium lanceolate, slightly iurrowed, with slightly reflexed 

 sides, black and acute at the tip, keeled beneath, where it is dentate at the 

 base, a little shorter than the liiuder part of the head ; fiont slightly keeled 

 towards the fastigium. Mandibles with black tips. Eyes black. Pro- 

 thorax with two indistinct transverse furrows ; lateral keels not well defined ; 

 fore border, hind border and sides nearly straight in the middle. Prosternum 

 with two short spines. Abdomen pale testaceous. Oviduct very slightly 

 curved, a little shorter than the abdomen. Legs stout; four anterior 

 femora with four minute spines on the inner side and with one on the outer 

 side; hind femora and four anterior tibiie with two rows of spines ; hind 

 tibice with four rows. Wings extending very much beyond the abdomen. 

 Fore wings rather longer than the hind wings, which are pellucid and have 

 pale testaceous veins. Length of the body 18 lines ; expansion of the fore 

 wings 48 lines. 



The fastigium of this species resembles that of C. dorsalis, but is more 

 acute. 



a. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 



58. CONCCEPHALUS CONCISUS. 



FcEm. Testaceus, gracilis, subtiliter rugulosus ; fastigizan longi-conicum^ 

 apice subrotundatum snbtus carinatum ; mandibu/ce nigrce ; prothoracis 

 carince laterales vix determinalce ; oviductus subarcuatus, abdomine 

 brevior ; pedes robusti, femoribus anticis biseriatim trispinosiSf 

 femoribus iniermediis uniseriatim quinquespinosis ; altc posticce 

 diaphantB, pallido venosce. 



Female. Testaceous, slender. Head and prothorax minutely tuber- 

 culate or rugulose. Head much shorter than the prothorax ; fastigium 

 elongate-conical, slightly rounded at the tip, a little shorter and more 

 tuberculate than the hinder part of the head, keeled beneath, where it is 

 dentate at its base ; front convex, slightly attenuated towards the fastigium ; 

 clypeus and labrum smooth. Mandibles black. Proihorax with two slight 

 transverse furrows ; fore border and hind border straight in the middle ; 



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