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74. CONOCEPHALUS VIITIPENNIS. 



Foem. Testaceus, gracilis, dense punctatus, vinis diiabus pallidis fusco 

 diffuse marginatis ; caput pallido quinquelineatum, prothurace vulde 

 brevius, fastigio brevi-conico subtns nigra triangulari, guUa froniali 

 pallide Jlava ; oviductus rectus, abdomine longior ; pedes graciles, 

 femoribus subtus piceis ; alee antica nigro gultulce et punctalcB ,• al(B 

 poslicce diaphance, albo venosce. 



Female. Testaceous, slender. Head and prolhorax thickly punctured, 

 with tv\o paler stripes which are diffusedly bordered with brown on the 

 outer side and occupy the well-defined lateral keels of the pruthorax. Head 

 with three more pale lon<;fitudinal lines, very much shorter thf»n the pro- 

 liiorax ; fastigiuin short-conical, much shorter than the hinder part of the 

 head, broad and much rounded in front, black and triangular beneath, 

 front with an elliptical pale yellow dot which is contiguous to the fasiigium. 

 Prolhorax with two slight transverse furrows, the hinder one especially 

 indistinct ; fore border and sides almost straifiht in the middle; hind border 

 felightly rounded. Prosternum with two long slender spines. Mesoslernum 

 and metasternum with piceous disks. Oviduct straight, rather longer than 

 the abdomen. Legs slender ; femora piceous beneath; four anterior femora 

 unarmed. Fore wings much louf^er than the body, rather longer than the 

 hind wings, with some black dots and points. Hind wings pellucid; veins 

 while. Length of the body 13 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 36 lines. 



Like C. abbreviatus in the shape of the fastigium. 



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75. CoNOCEPHALUS ABBREVIATUS. 



Foem. Pallide viridis, gracilis, subtiliter punctatus ; fastigium brevi- 

 conicum, apice latum, subtus triangulare nigro fusciatuni ; oculi 

 nigro univittati ; prolhorax capite plus duplo longior ; oviductus 

 rectus, abdomine longior ; pedes graciles, femoribus quatuor anteriori- 

 bus subspinosis ; al(B posticcs diaphancB, albo venosce. 



Female. Pale green, slender. Head and prothorax minutely punc- 

 tured. Head about half the length of the prothorax ; fastigium short- 

 conical, very broad and much rounded in front, much shorter than the 

 hinder part of the head, triangular beneath, where it has a slender 

 abbreviated black band. Eyes testaceous, with a black stripe. Prolhorax 

 with two very slight transverse furrows ; fore border and sides almost 

 straight in the middle; hind border slightly rounded. Prosternum with 

 two long slender spines. Oviduct straight, rather longer than the abdo- 

 men. Legs slender ; four anterior femora with a few very minute spines; 

 the other parts as usual. Fore wings very much longer than the body, a 

 little longer than the hind wings, which are pellucid and have white veins. 

 Length of the body 15 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 50 lines. 



The fastigium is somewhat broader than that of C. remotus. 

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