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39. Caloptenus cbassus. 

 Mas et foeni. Ferrugineus, aut testaceus, crassus, subtus testaceus ; caput 

 breve, fastigio longo depresso subhexagonali, fronte fulva, labro 

 albido ; prothorax subtuberculaius, disco tricarinato fere piano ; 

 prosterni spina transversa, crassa ; femora poslica latissima, nigri- 

 cante bifasciaia, intiis rufa, abdomine pauUo longiora; tibia. posticcB 

 liitece ; alee antica cinerece, abdumine paullo longiores, guttis 

 plurimis e venis piceis. 



Male and female. Ferruginous, thick, testaceous or whitish beneath. 

 Head smooth, short; tip of the vertex depressed, elongate, subhexagonal ; 

 front tawny, vertical, thinly punctured ; keels slight, slightly diverging 

 towards the face; labrum whitish. Eyes livid, subelliplical, rouuded on 

 the hind side. Prothorax slightly tuberculate; disk nearly flat, with 

 three slight distinct keels; middle keel notched by the distinct transverse 

 impressed lines; fore border nearly straight; sides slightly rounded ; hind 

 border much rounded. Prosternal spine transverse, rounded at the tip, 

 twice as broad as thick. Hind femora very broad, a little longer than the 

 abdomen, with two blackish bands above, bright red beneath and on the 

 inner side ; hind tibiae luteous, shorter than the hind femora, their spines 

 with black tips. Fore wings cinereous, a little longer than the abdomen; 

 veins lawny, here and there piceous and forming various dots, some of 

 which are arranged in clusters. Hind wings pellucid, slightly cinereous 

 along the costa ; veins black, whitish at the base and along the interior 

 border. Length of the body 8 — 10 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 15 — 17 lines. 



a — e. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 

 /. Natal. From Dr. Krauss' collection. 



40. Caloptenus illepidus. 



Mas et foem. Ferrugineus aut fulvus, crasstis ; caput et prothorax nigra 

 notata; caput brevissimum, fastigio elliptico vix hexagonali ; antennce 

 nigricanfes ; prothorax scaber, tricarinalus, bituberculatus, lituris 

 laleralibus lividis, margine postico subangulato ; prosterni spina 

 brevis, transversa, rotnndata ; femora postica latissima, abdomine 

 longiora, supra sublusque fimbriata, exlus nigro biscriatim 

 punctata, intus nigro liplagiata, subtus rufescentia ; alee anticce 

 linerecE, corpore mullo breviores, basi ferruginea:, maculis non- 

 nullis e venis ftiscis. 



Male and female. Ferruginous, very stout. Head and prothorax 

 with several irregular black marks of various size. Head thinly punctured, 

 very short; tip of tbe vertex elliptical, slightly inclining to a hexagonal 

 form; front with four distinct keels which diverge towards the face. Eyes 

 tawny, subelliplical, much rounded on the hind side. Antennae blackish, 

 flattened. Prothorax scabrous, with some livid marks on each side ; three 

 well-defined keels, the lateral keels slightly curved outward in the middle; 

 transverse impressed lines distinct ; a tubercle on each side of the disk 

 between the third and fourth lines; fore border nearly straight; sides 

 rounded ; hind border slightly angular. Prosternal spine short, transverse, 



