764 CATALOGUE OF 



blackish costal streak. Var. (3. — Paler. Hind femora without markings, 

 except two blackish patches on the inner side. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 12 lines. 



The more elongated hind border of the prothorax distinguish it from 

 other Slenobothvi. 



a, b. Cape. Presented by R. Trimcn, Esq. 



62. SXENOBOTHRUS CAPENSIS. 



Mas. Ferrugineus ; vertex fulvo univittatus, fastigii sulcis laleralibus 

 vix conxpicuis, fronte obliqua ; prothorax carinis tribus parallelis, 

 maryine poslico subangulalo ; pedes poslici rufescentes, femoribus 

 exlus nigricanlibus ; alee anticce fusccB ; alee pnslicce cinerece. 



Male. Ferruginous. Head tawny beneath and with a tawny stripe 

 on the vertex; tip of the latter convex, conical ; lateral furrows hardly 

 apparent; front puuclnred, oblique, with four slight diverging keels. 

 AnlennjB blackish, tawny at the base, hardly longer than the prothorax. 

 Prothorax with three slight parallel keels; hind border elongated, forming 

 a rounded angle. Abdomen tawny. Hind legs reddish. Hind femora 

 somewhat longer than the abdomen ; disk ou the outer side blackish. Hind 

 tibiffi much shorter than the hind femora, their spines with black tips. 

 Fore wings brown. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 14 lines. 



The convex and broad tip of the vertex and some other characters of 

 this species differ much from the typical structure of Stenobothrus. 



a. S. Africa. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq. 



Madagascar. 



63. Stenobothrus ornatus. 



Mas. Viridis ; caput et prothorax testaceo bivittata ; caput longiusculum, 

 fastigii carinis laleralibus lanceolalis, fronte subobliqua ; prothorax 

 earinis lateralibus sat obliquis slrigisque diiabus exterioribus albidis, 

 inargine poslico angulalo ; tibitc postica rufesceiites ; alee anticce vitta 

 discali apicibusque diaphanis, striga discali albida fusco bimaculata ; 

 alee postica diaphance, roseo venosce. 



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

 testaceous stripe. Head rather long; tip of the vertex depressed, nearly 

 triangular; lateral furrows lanceolate, well defined; front slightly oblique, 

 with four slight diverging keels; inner keels connected and forming the 

 usual ridge between the sockets of the antennae. Prothorax with three 

 slight keels; lateral keels whitish, diverging unusually much hindward; a 

 whitish oblique streak ou each side, continued on each side of the pectus ; 

 hind border elongated, angular. Pectus aud abdomen testaceous, the latter 

 a little longer than the hind femora. Hind tibiae reddish, their spines with 

 black lips. Fore wings green, pellucid towards the tips and with a pellucid 

 discal stripe ; this stripe contains a whitish streak, which includes two 

 brown spots. Hind wings pellucid ; veins rosy, black towards the exterior 

 border. Length of the body 9^ lines ; expansion of the fore wings 18 lines. 



