704 CATALOGUE OF 



lonp; ; tip of the vertex punctured, transversely subelliptical, extremely 

 slightly keeled ; front testaceous, minutely punctured ; keels distinct ; 

 inner keels parallel ; outer keels diverging slightly towards the face. Eyes 

 ferruginous, elliptical. Antennae slender, pale testaceous above. Prolhorax 

 finely punctured, with an extremely slight middle keel and with hardly 

 perceptible lateral keels; transverse impressed lines slight; fore border and 

 sides slightly rounded ; hind border much rounded. Piosternul spine very 

 thick, not attenuated towards the tip, which is slightly truncated. Hind 

 femora nearly as long as the abdomen, with a black stripe on each side and 

 with anutlier beneath ; hind tibiae, pale red, rather shorter than the hind 

 femora ; spines whitish, with black tii)S. Fore wings cinereous, tawny 

 towards the base, shorter than the body, with very numerous brown 

 speckles. Hind wings pellucid, purplish ro.sy towards the base; veins 

 black. Length of the body 12 — 15 liues ; expansion of the fore wings 

 22—29 lines. 



o, b. N. Bengal. From Lieut.-Campbell's collection. 



56. Caloptenus scutifer. 



Poem. Teslaceiis, crassiis ; caput conx'pxum, breve, faslic/io piano longi- 

 conico ; prolhorax luberciilattis, subcarinatus, maryine poslico valde 

 producto ; proslerni spina transversa , pallide testacea ; femora poxtica 

 latissinia, abdomine breviora ; tibia poslicee pallide Jlavce. 



Female. Testaceous, very thick. Head convex, smooth, short ; tip 

 of the vertex flat, elongate-conical ; front thinly and largely punctured ; 

 the four keels very sliuht, diverging towards the face. Eyes oval, 

 not oblique. Antennae short, slender. Prothorax tubercnlate, with a very 

 slight keel, and with the usual four transverse impressed lines; fore 

 bolder very slightly rounded; sides much rounded; hind border much 

 elongated, forming a cone. Prosternal spine pale testaceous, transverse, 

 thin, not tapering towards the tip, which is rounded. Hind femora very 

 broad and thick, shorter than the abdomen ; hind tibiae pale yellow, much 

 shorter than the abdomen ; spines black, short, pale yellow at the base. 

 Wings a little shorter than the abdomen. Length of the body 14 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 18 lines. 



It is uncertain whether the hind wings of this species are wholly cine- 

 reous or are rosy at the base. 



o. S. Hindostau. Presented by ]\I. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



57. Caloptenus Sinensis. 



Mas. Fulvus, gracilis; caput breve, fastigiu subpentagonali ; anlennce 

 pallide testacea, apice nigricantes ; prothorax carinalus, subtiliter 

 scaber, margine poslico producto angulalo ; proslerni spina, conica, 

 brevis, crassa, subtransversa ; femora postica albida, abdomine 

 longiora, extiis rufesceiite strigata nigra punctata, intus rufa notata ; 

 tibia posticce rufa ; ala antica cinerea, corpore breviores, maculis 

 nonnnllis indeterminatis e venis fulvo marginatis ; ala postica dia- 

 phana, apice fusccscentes. 



