2o8 CATA]S"rOPlX,E. 



Genus CALOPTENOPSIS. 



Cnloptenopsis, Bolivar, Joni. Sci. Lisb. (2) i, 1889, p. 173. 

 TypE, Calopteaiis clttatus, Eol., from AV. Africa. 



Range. India, Africa. 



Fastigiuni of the vertex concave and passing into the frontal 

 ridge, which is moderately broad and flattened, sparingly punctured, 

 and not expanded below ; lateral carinse very slightly marked. 

 Pronotum rather short and broad, with three carinoe, the hinder 

 area generally longer and broader than the fore part, transverse 

 sutures very slightly marked, the hindmost generally placed before 

 the middle. Tegmiua and wings well developed ; the wings 

 hyaline, generally stained with red. Hind femora much thickened, 

 generallv rather shorter than the abdomen and serrated above; 

 hind tibiae with 7-9 spines on each side, and the lower terminal 

 spine on the inner side generalh^ much longer than the upper one. 



Key to the Sjjecies. 



1 (2) Dusky markings of the middle of the 



teginiua distinctly transverse insii/nis, Walk., p. 258, 



2 (1) Dusky markings of tegniina not 



transverse. 

 '■> (4) Hind femora with the outer carinas 



distinctly spotted with black punctata, sp. n., p. 260. 



4 (3) Hind femora with the outer carinne not 



distinctly spotted with black. 

 o (0) Hind femora with the lower outer 



carina marked with an iuteirnpted 



bliick line tjlaucopis, Walk., p. 259. 



t) (5) Hind femora Avith the lower outer 



carina pale liturifer, Walk., p, 259. 



317. Caloptenopsis insignis, Wall. 



Caloptenus imiipiis^ Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B.M. iv, 1873, 



p. 701. 

 Caloptenus spisstis, Walker, op. cit. v, Suppl. 1871, p. 70. 

 Var. Caloptenus clams, Walker, op. cit. iv, 1870, p. 711. 

 Caloptenopsis saussurei, Martinez, An. Soc. Espan. 1896, p. 11. 



Brown above, and mostly white beneath. Head brown above, 

 and over the frontal ridge, and below the eyes; there is also a 

 white band dotted with black, and separated by a black line from 

 the white hind border of the head, running down behind the eyes. 

 Pronotum brown, rather short, obtusely angulated behind, witli 

 the tip rounded; the sides are very coarsely punctured, the lower 

 part being yellowish, obscurely spotted with black ; on the sides 

 is a broad oblique white stripe, not extending to the hinder area, 

 and bordered above with blackish. Tegmina rather long and 

 narrow, subhyaline, with numerous brown spots and markings, 

 especially towards the base, and those towards the middle irregu- 

 larly transverse ; wings hyaline, strongly tinged with red (in the 



