088 CATALOGUE OF 



inciso : prosterni spina longa, gracilisy acuta ; femora poslica ahdo' 

 mine vix breviora, fasciis duabus angulalis fernigineis ; alee anlica 

 pallide cinerece, abdomini cequilongce, maculis guttisque plurimis 

 obscurioribus piceo venosis. 



Female. Pale luteous, rather slender. Head smooth, with a lanceo- 

 late piceous mark on the vertex ; tip of the vertex depressed, elongate- 

 subhexafjonal ; front thinly punctured, with four slightly-defined keels 

 which diverge towards the face. Eyes tawny, elongate-elliptical, not 

 oblique, with several brown lines. Antenna; piceous above towards the 

 tips. Prothorax finely scabrous, with a broad irregular piceous stripe, and 

 on each side with a very large subquadrate piceous patch which includes 

 four pale luteous marks of various size; disk nearly flat, with three slight 

 keels; fore border nearly straight, hardly notched in the middle; sides 

 slightly rounded; hind border more rounded. Prosiernal spine whitish, 

 long, slender, acute. Sides of the pectus mostly piceous. Hind femora 

 nearly as long as the abdomen, ferruginous at the tips and with two angular 

 ferruginous bauds above; hind tibioB rather shorter than the hind femora, 

 their spines with black tips. Fore wings pale cinereous, as long as the 

 abdomen, with many darker piceous-veined spots and dots; veins else- 

 where pale yellow. Hind wings pellucid; veins black. Length of the 

 body 21 lines; expansion of the fore wings 30 lines. 



Souakin, E. Africa. In Mr. Lord's collection. 



27. Caloptenus turbidus. 



Foem. Fulvus, gracilis; fastigium subhexagonale ; antennce picecB ; 

 prothorax subtililer scaber, piceo late univittatus, postice latescens, 

 disco subtricarinato fere piano ; prosterni spina crassa, transversa, 

 non atlenuata ; femora postica pallide testacea, abdomini tequi- 

 longa, extus viridi viltata ; alee antica: cinerece, abdomini cequilongce, 

 maculis paucis obscurioribus piceo venosis. 



Female. Tawny, slender. Head smooth ; tip of the vertex flat, sub- 

 hexagonal ; front thinly punctured, with four slightly-defined keels ; inner 

 keels parallel ; outer keels diverging towards the face. Eyes ferruginous, 

 elongale-subelliplical, straight in front, rounded on the hind side. 

 Antenna; piceous. Prothorax finely scabrous, widening towards the hind 

 border, with a broad irregular piceous stripe ; disk nearly flat, with three 

 slight keels and with distinct liansverse impressed lines; fore border nearly 

 straight; sides slightly rounded ; hind border more rounded. Prosternal 

 spine thick, transverse, not more slender towards the tip, which is rounded. 

 Hind femora pale testaceous, as long as the abdomen, with a dark dull 

 green stripe on the outer side; hind tibise a little shorter than the hind 

 femora, their spines with black tips. Wings cinereous. Fore wings as 

 long as the abdomen, with a few darker piceous-veined spots; veins tawny. 

 Hind wings with black veins. Length of the body 16 lines; expansion of 

 the foie wings 32 lines. 



Shoubra, Egypt. lu Mr. Lord's collection. 



