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patch above and with a row of black clots on the lower border of the outer 

 side ; hind tibia? red, a little shorter than the hind femora, their spines with 

 black lips. Length of the body 8^ lines. 



The wings are rudimentary in the specimen described. 



73. Caloptenus basifeb. 



Foein. Testareus, sat gracilis ; caput et prolhorax nigra bivitlata ; caput 

 breviusciilum, fastigio conico ; antenna apices versus picece ; pro- 

 thorax subtilissime scaler, vix tricarinalus, margine poslico valde 

 rotundalo ; prosterni spina conica, robusla, longiuscula, siibtrans- 

 versa ; abdominis segmenta anteriora nigro fasciata ; femora postica 

 abdomine pprparnm breviora, svpra nigro bimncidata ; tibioe postica 

 rufcE ; alee anticce pallide cinerece, corpore multo breviores, striga dis' 

 coidali e gutlis obscurinribusfusco-venosis. 



Female. Testaceous, rather slender. Head and prothorax with two 

 black stripes which are much excavated in the prothorax and do not extend 

 beyond the fourth transverse line. Head smooth, rather short; tip of the 

 vertex flat, conical ; fnmt with four well-defined keels ; inner keels parallel ; 

 outer keels diveri;ing towards the face. P]yes subelliptical, much rounded 

 on the hind side. Antennae piceous towards the tips. Prothorax very finely 

 scabrous; disk nearly flat, with an extremely slight dorsal keel and with 

 hardly perceptible lateral keels; transverse impressed lines well defined; 

 fore border straight ; sides rounded ; hind border much rounded. Prosternal 

 spine conical, stout, rather long, rather broader than thick. Abdomen with 

 a broad black band on each segment for half the length from the base. 

 Hind femora nearly as long as the abdomen, with two black spots above; 

 hind tiliiae red, rather shorter than the hind femora, their spines black 

 except at the base. Fore wings pale cinereous, much shorter than the 

 body; veins tawny; a streak in the disk formed by darker cinereous brown- 

 veined dots. Hind wings pellucid ; veins black, testaceous at the base and 

 along the interior border. Length of the body 11 lines; expansion of the 

 fore wings 19 lines. 



74. Caloptenus reductus. 



Mas. Viridis, gracilis; caput et prothorax vix carinata,vittis duabus 

 talis obscurioribus ; caput longiusculum, fasligio conico, fronte 

 subretracla ; prothorax subtilissime scaber, vix carinatus, disco 

 piano; prosterni spina tcslacea, crassa, transversa; femora postica 

 abdomine paullo longiora ; alee anticce pallide cinerea, corpore vix 

 breviores, vitta pallide viridi, striga anteriore fusca, guttis duabus 

 albidis. 



Male. Green, slender, shining. Head and prothorax with a broad 

 darker stripe on each side and with an extremely slight keel. Head 

 elongate, smooth; tip of the vertex flat, conical ; front slightly retracted ; 

 keels slight, slightly diverging towards the face. Eyes lurid, oblique, 

 elongate-oval. Prothorax very finely scabrous; disk flat, with a very slight 

 keel on each side; transverse impressed lines extremely slight; fore border 



