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54. Cai.optenus liturifer. 



FoBtn. Luteus, rohuntus ; caput breve, nigra quadristrigatum, fastigio 

 fere lineari, f ran le plaga punctisque plurimis nigris ; prothorax tri- 

 carinatus, sublilissime scaler, nigra sex-maciilalus, plagis duabus 

 laleralibus subquadratis nigricanlibus fluvo unisignatis plagisqiie 

 duabus exterioribus Jlavis, nifirgine poslico producto vix angulato ; 

 proslerni spina erassa, transversa, apice rotundata ; femora pnslica 

 latis.sima, abdamine breviora, nigra supra Irifasciata, intus univillata 

 extus slrigulala ; atce anticce cinereci, abdamine breviares, villa dis- 

 coidali fusca maculas pallidas albo-venosas includente ; poslicce apud 

 marginem, inleriorem rosece. 



Female. Luleous, stout, paler beneath. Head smooth, shoit ; vertex 

 convex, with two lanceolate nearly connected bl;ick streaks; lip depressed, 

 nearly linear, with a keel on each side; front thinly punctured, with a black 

 patch, with many black points, and with four slight keels which diverge 

 towards the face ; a short black streak on each side between the eye and the 

 face. Eyes ferruginous, subelliptical, with numerous black lines, much 

 rounded on the hind side. AntennaB slender, darker towards the tips. 

 Prothorax very finely scabrous; disk flat, with three distinct keels ; three 

 triangular black spots on each side of the middle keel; a large blackish 

 subquadrale patch inclndiug a slender oblique pale yellow callus, and a 

 more exterior pale yellow patch on each side ; fore border and sides very 

 slightly curved; hind border elongated, hardly angular. Prosternal spine 

 thick, transverse, twice broader than thick, rounded at the tip. Hind 

 femora very broad, shorter than the abdomen, with three black bands above, 

 with a broad black stripe on the inner side, and with many small black 

 streaks on the outer side ; hind tibiae rather shorter than the hind femora, 

 their spines with black tips. Fore wings cinereous, shorter thau the 

 abdomen; veins tawny; a brown discoidal stripe, including some pale 

 white-veined spots, and merely indicated in the exterior part by brown 

 veins. Hind wings red, pellucid, and with black veins along the costa and 

 towards the lips. Length of the body 14 lines; expansion of the fore 

 wings 17 lines. 



a, b. S. Hindustan. Presented by M. J. VValbouse, Esq. 



55. Caloptenus erubescens. 



FoBin. Fulvus, sat gracilis; caput et prothorax vitlis duabus latis 

 indeterminatis nigricanlibus ; fasligium punctatum, transverse sub- 

 elliplicum ; antenna supra pallida testacecB ; prothorax subiiliter 

 punctalus, carina dorsali lenuissima, carinis latcraiibus vix con- 

 spicuis ; proslerni spina subtruncala, valde invrassala ; femora 

 poslica nigra Irivillala, abdomine perpaullo breviora ; libice poslicce 

 pallide rufce ; alee anlicce cinerece,fusco consperscr, basi fulvce ; alee 

 poslicce basi purpurascenle rosece. 



Female. Tawny, rather slender. Head and prothorax with a broad 

 indeterminate blackish stripe on each side. Head smooth, moderately 



