696 CATALOGUE OF 



intus et subtus nigra univittala ; tibice posticm sordide viridescentes, 

 bad pallide flavescentes ; alee anficte cinerece, corpore breviores,venulis 

 transversis fusco nebulosis, villa poslica diaphuna lanceolata ; alcB 

 pnsiicoB lutea, apice fuscescenles. 



Male. Tawny, moderately stout. Head and prothorax with two 

 black lines on each side, the outer pair irregular. Head rather short ; 

 vertex with two oblique brownish streaks ; tip flat, nearly triangular; front 

 thickly punctured ; keels distinct; inner keels nearly parallel ; outer keels 

 diverging towards the face. Eyes reddish, elliptical. Antennae pale testa- 

 ceous. Prothorax very finely scabrous ; disk nearly flat, with an extremely 

 slight middle keel, and with no lateral keels ; transverse impressed lines 

 very slight; fore border nearly straight; sides slightly rounded; hind 

 border much rounded. Prosternal spine short, transverse, thick, much 

 broader than thick. Hind femora as long as the abdomen, with two black 

 marks on the outer side, with a black stripe beneath, and with an irregular 

 black stripe on the inner side; hind tibite shorter than the hind femora, 

 dingy greenish, darker beneath, pale yellowish towards the base; spines 

 pale yellowish, their tips black. Fore wings cinereous, shorter than the 

 body; veins tawny ; many of the transverse sectors clouded with brown; a 

 pellucid lanceolate stripe with very pale veins along the hind border. 

 Hind wings luteous, transparent, brownish and with black veins towards 

 the lips. Length of the body 12 lines; expansion of the fore wings 22 

 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



43. Caloptenus plenipennis. 



Fcem. Te.ila.reuii, sat ffracilis ; caput longiusculum, nigricante bistri- 

 gnlum, fastigio elliplico, fronle nigricante-varia, slrigis quatunr 

 laleralibus albis ; prolhorax sublilissime scaber, iricarinalus, nigri- 

 eanle latissime univillatus ; proslertii spina 7'obusla, transversa, ro- 

 tundata ; femora poslica abdomine longiora, supra nigra triplagiata, 

 sublus nigra biseriatim guttata ; tibia posticm rnfa;, spinis pallide 

 Jluvis apice nigris; alee antica: diapknncB, albido venosce abdomine 

 paullo longiores, plagis quatnor e.vteriaribus macuiis punctisque 

 nigricante cinereis nigra venasis. 



Female. Testaceous, rather slender. Head smooth, slightly elongate ; 

 vertex with two blackish streaks which are united in front; tip depressed, 

 ellipiical ; front partly blackish, with four slight keels; inner keels nearly 

 parallel ; outer keels slightly diverging towards the face ; two white streaks 

 on each side below the eye. Eyes subelliptical, much rounded on the hind 

 side. Antenuffi slender. Prothorax very finely scabrous, with a very 

 broad blackish stripe; disk nearly flat, with three distinct keels ; transverse 

 imprt'ssed lines well defined; fore border hardly rounded; sides and hind 

 border rounded. Prosternal spine stout, transverse, rounded, more than 

 twice as hroad as thick. Hind femora rather longer than the abdomen, 

 with three black patches above, and with two rows of black dots beneath ; 

 bind tibia' red, somewhat shorter than the hind femora; spines pale yellow, 

 will) black tips. Wings pellucid, a little li)nger than the abdomen. Fore 

 wiugs with whitish veins ; four largo blackish-cinereous black-veined 



