42 CATALOGUE OF 



vein foiked; transverse sectors very numerous. Hind winp^s pellucid; 

 veins pale testaceous; transverse sectors few. Length of the body 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 17 lines. 



It has most resemblance to N. muuda, hut differs widely from the latter 

 in the more membranous structure of the fore wings, in tlie regularity of 

 the lonjjiliidinal veins and of the transverse sectors, and also of the veins in 

 the anterior part of the hind wings. 

 a. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Sect. 5. 

 15. Nauphceta lampyeoides. 



Mas. Nigro-viridis, longi-fusiformin, dense punctata ; caput prolhoracem 



paullo superans, margine unlico fulvo; antennce corporis dimidio 



longiores ; prolliorax conicus, tubcrculatus, laleribus subrefiexis, 



margine postico subsinunlo ; abdomen apice integrum ; pedes breves, 



robusli, spinis rufescentibus ; aUe anticce abdomen sat superuntes, venis 



bene determinatis ; nice posticie nigro-cinerece. 



Male. Blackish green, flat, elongate-fusiform. Head thickly punctured, 



extending very little beyond the prothorax, transversely impressed betvxeen 



the sockets of the antennas and nearer the mouth ; a spot on each side near 



the antennae and fore border tawny. Eyes piceous, far apart. Palpi piceouf:. 



AntennfE black, setulose, rather more than half the length of tiie body, 



piceous at the base. Prothorax conical, thickly punctured, with many 



small smooth tubercles; borders slightly reflexed; lateral angles rounded ; 



hind border not angular, slightly sinuated on each side. Subanal lamina 



entire. Cerci short. Legs short, stout ; spines of the tibiae reddish. Fore 



wings narrow ; extending rather beyond the abdomen ; veins strongly 



marked. Hind wings blackish cinereous ; veins black. Length of the 



body 8 lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



In appearance it is like some of the Bupreslidce, and it has a very 

 peculiar structure and may be considered as the type of a new genus. 



a. Cape. From Mr. Cutler's collection. 



Sect. 6. 



16. Nauphceta foveolata. 



Mas. Nigra, lineai-is, leevis, plana; caput margine antico fulvo ; pro- 

 thorax sulvis duobus postice approximatis, margine portico sub- 

 rotunda to ; metalhorax spinis duabus fulvis armatus ; abdomen svpra 

 fnlvum, apice piceum integrum; alee anticce ferruginece, longa;, 

 a>igust(B, trunco kumerali nigro ; alee posticce pallide ferruginece, apud 

 costam obscuriores, area anali pallide cinerea. 



Male. Black, linear, smooth, flat, piceous beneath. Head extending 

 a little beyond the prothorax, slightly impressed in front, transversely im- 

 pressed nearer the mouth, which is tawny ; a testaceous spot by the socket of 

 each antenna. Eyes red, very far apart. Palpi piceous. Antennae stout, very 

 minutely pubescent. Prothorax about twice broader along the hind border 

 than in front, slightly rounded in front and on each side, near which there 



