112 Mr. W. F. Kirby s 



below the eye ; sides of liead indistinctly niotlled with black, pro- 

 notuni with an expanding brown band above, sometimes intersected 

 by the pale central carina, and broadly bordered with paler ; sides 

 of pronotnm mottled with black, and with one or two short, slightly 

 oblique white stripes, alternating with black ones, on the lower part 

 of the sides in front ; hinder edge with distinct black dots. Hind 

 border of pronotnm above almost rectangular. Tegmina pale 

 testaceous subhyaline, central area with a row of black spots separ- 

 ated by subhyaline transverse stripes, and increasing in size to the 

 middle, and then diminishing ; on the outer third is a double instead 

 of a single one. Costal and anal area with a few black spots ; anal 

 area black below at the base. Wings hyaline, with a slight bluish 

 tinge. Sides of abdomen with a double row of brown dots; hinel 

 femora on the middle outer area glaucous-white, with black spots on 

 the angular stria? ; or with alternate tawny and bluish-white stria;, 

 the former sjjotted with black. Upper surface of hind femora testa- 

 ceous, with three black bands ; inner surface black, with a testaceous 

 space between this and the knee, which is usually heavily and exten- 

 sively marked with black, and throws oil a short black line below the 

 lower central carina. Hind tibia? testaceous, with seven black- 

 tipped spines. 



Hal). Transvaal : Pretoria {Distant) ; Delagoa B;iy 

 {Didant). 



Described from eight specimens. 



Resembles CaUiptamus hottcntottus, Stal, superficially, 

 but that species has the wings tinged with red instead 

 of blue. In one specimen, the dark mark usually filling 

 up the centre of the pronotum is absent, though the cor- 

 responding mark on the back of the vertex is present. 



121. (JaJQ'ptcnopsis nniformis, sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 19-23 millim. 



Head with the narrowest space between the eyes, and the frontal 

 curve above the antennas, with a long excavation between two 

 parallel carina) ; the frontal ridge between and below the antenn;e 

 entire, punctured. Ilufo-testaceous ; face, sides of head, pronotum, 

 pleura, and legs more or less varied with glaucous-white. Pn)notum 

 above smooth, without black markings, rarely longer than Inroad, 

 except that it is rectangularly i)roduced behind ; .sides subparallel, 

 very slightly approximating in front, the lateral and terminal carinsB 

 slightly marked with yellow, upper part of sides of pronotum 

 blackish below the yellow carina). Tegnuna reddish, with some 



