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50. Stenobothrds oratiosus. 



Mas. Viridis ; caput et prolhorax lineis duahus albis nigra marginatis ; 

 caput longiuseulum, fasligio sub triangular i sulcis duobus lateralibus 

 linearibus ; antenna fulvce, apice fuscte ; protkorax carinis laterali- 

 bus sub/lexis ; femora postica nigra vitlata; tibicB posdccB fusccB, basi 

 testaceo fasciata ; alee anticce pallide cinerea , vitlis duabus lanceolatis 

 viridibus, gultis interniediis obscure fuscis, guttis exteriaribus 

 pallidioribus ; alee posticce diaphance, striga exleriore coslali fusca. 



Male. Grass-green. Head and prolhorax on each side wiih a white 

 irregularly black-bordered line which extends from the eye to the base of 

 the fore wing. Head rather long; tip of the vertex concave, nearly trian- 

 gular, the furrow on each side linear; front very oblique, with four slight 

 keels which diverge towards the face. Antennae tawny, a little longer than 

 the prolhorax, brown towards the tip. Prolhorax with three very slight 

 keels; lateral keels occupied by the two lines, nearly parallel from the fore 

 border to the first transverse furrow, slightly diverging from thence to the 

 hind border, which is rounded. Abdomen testaceous, a little shorter than 

 the hind femora. Hind femora wiih a black stripe beneath. Hind tibiae 

 brown, with a pale testaceous band near the base. Fore wings pale 

 cinereous, with a grass-green lanceolate stripe on the costa and another on 

 the hind border; a row of dark brown dots between the stripes and three 

 irregular rows of paler brown dots in the exterior part. Hind wings 

 pellucid ; a brown streak along the exterior part of the costa, paler and 

 dilated near ihe tip; veins black, pale yellow at the base and along the 

 interior border. Length of the body 7^ lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 15 lines. 



It is closely allied to S. Mexicanus; the tip of the vertex is a little 

 longer. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



51. Stenobothrus expandens. 



Fcem. Viridis ; caput et prothorax lineis duabus albis nigra margin- 

 atis ; caput vitta albida nigra marginata, fastigia subtriangulari 

 sulcis duobus lateralibus lanceolatis; antenna testacea, apice 

 fusca ; prothorax carinis lateralibus postice strigisque duabus 

 albis obliquis ; pectus albo quadristrigatum ; femora postica extus 

 albido marginata ; ala anticce pallide cinerea, vittis duabus lanceo- 

 latis viridibus, guttis inlermediis nigris, guttis exterioribus nigri- 

 cantibus ; ala postica diaphana. 



Female. Grass-green. Head and prothorax on each side with a 

 white irregularly black-bordered line which extends from the eye to the 

 hind border of the prolhorax. Head above with a whitish black-bordered 

 stripe; tip of the vertex flat, nearly triangular, the furrow on each side 

 lanceolate; front punctured, oblique, with four slight keels which diverge 

 towards the face ; inner keels connected and forming a ridge between the 

 eyes. Antennae testaceous, brown tovy^ards the tips, longer than the pro- 

 thorax. Prothorax with three very slight keels ; lateral keels occupied by 



