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CATALOGUE OF 



the fore side, rounded on the hind side. Antennae piceous, sometimes 

 tawuy. Prothorax finely scabrous, with two broad more or less defined 

 piceous or ferruginous bauds; hind part wider; disk nearly flat, with three 

 slight keels ; fore border very slightly rounded, hardly notched ; sides 

 slightly rounded; hind border much rounded. Prosternal spine long, 

 thick, rounded at the tip. Hind femora thick, as long as the abdomen, 

 above with two or three broad irregular brown bands, deep black beneath ; 

 hind tibisB yellow, rather shorter than the hind femora, with a basal black 

 band which is bordered with purple on the basal side and with bright red 

 on the other side ; spines with black tips. Fore wings pale cinereous, 

 about as long as the abdomen; veins tawny or whitish. Hind wings with 

 black veins. Var. /3. — Hind femora wholly red except at the base. 

 Var. y. — Prothorax without bands. Length of the body 10 — 21 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 15 — 34 lines. 



Mount Sinai. In Mr. Lord's collection. 



South Africa. 



A. Hind wings rosy. 



a. Keel of the prothorax high, notched. 



b. Keel of the prothorax low, entire. 



* Prothorax not tuberculate. 

 t Fore wings wiih dark spots. 

 I Head white on each side. 



XI Sides of the head not white. 

 f\ Fore wings with pale spots. 

 ** Prothorax tuberculate. 



B. Hind wings not rosy. 



a. Prosternal spine transverse. 



* Prothorax tuberculate. 

 -f- Hind tibiae red. 



■ff Hind tibiae not red. 



** Prothorax not tuberculate. 



\ Body stout. 



+ Prosternal spine very transverse. 



\\ Prosternal spine slightly transverse, 



j-f Body rather slender. 



+ Hind wings yellow. 



Jf Hind wings not yellow. 



§ Hind tibiae red. 



X Prothorax with two pale stripes. 



X X Prothorax not striped. 



§§ Hind tibiae not red. 



b. Prosternal spine not transverse. 



* Hind tibiae not green. 



f Hind femora marked with black. 



+ Hind tibiae stout. 



J+ Hind tibiae slender, 

 ff Hind femora not marked with black. 



+ Fore wings with markings. 



++ Fore wings without markings. 

 ** Hind tibiae green. 



cristulifer. 



irisus. 



semiroseus. 



hotlentottus. 



saturatus. 



haematopus. 

 crassus. 



illepidus. 

 pinguis. 



sulphurous. 



plenipennis. 



sordidus. 



stramineus. 



ferrifer. 

 quadratus. 



minor, 

 strenuus. 

 conscitus. 



