LOCU8T1D.E. 309 



Male. Testaceous, slender. Head and protborax punctured, with 

 some slender indistinct brownish stripes. Cone of the head blackish 

 heneath, rounded at the tip and at the base beneath, much shorter than the 

 space between it and the hind border of the head ; front with an elongated 

 whitish dot between the eyes. Mandibles black along the inner side and 

 at the tips. Protborax with the stripes darkest on the hind border, which 

 is very slightly rounded. Prosternum with two slender spines which have 

 brownish lips; inesosternum and tnetasternum rather acutely bilobed. 

 Abdomen with a slender brown dorsal stripe and with a row of black 

 points on each side beneath. Femcfra and tour posterior tibiae with the 

 usual minute spines; hind femora and hind tibiae mostly brown beneath. 

 Wings longer than the body. Fore wings a little longer than the hind 

 wings, with many irregularly placed black points. Hind wings pellucid; 

 veins white. Length of the body 11 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 31 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



26. CoNOCEPHALtrS COLLIGATUS. 



Mas et fcem. Testaceus, C. alligato similis, fasligio panllo lonyiore et 

 anguxtiore ; cuput et prolhorax fusco albidoque bivittata ; ocuii nigro 

 aut viridi vittati ; abdominis latera nigro punctata ; oviductus fere 

 recius, corpori ccquilongus ; alee anticce longce, nigro punctalce ; alee 

 posticce diaphance, pallido venosa. 



Male and female. Testaceous. Head and prothorax punctured, with 

 a brown and a whitish stripe on each side. Head with a whitish oblique 

 streak extending hindward from each eye ; cone like that of the preceding 

 species, but a little longer and narrower, its under side rounded at the base 

 and with a black band near the tip. Eyes with one or two black or green 

 stripes. Abdomen with a row of black points on each side. Oviduct 

 almost straight, about as long as the body. Fore wings a little longer than 

 the hind wings, with several black points. Hind wings pellucid; veins 

 pale. Length of the body t 12 13 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 3436 lines. 



This species is extremely like the preceding one, but the cone in front 

 of the antennse is rather shorter. 



a. Columbia. 



b. Rio Janeiro. Presented by Buck, Esq. 



c. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



27. CONOCEPHALUS PURPURASCENS. 



Fcem. FulmU) purpurascente rufo aut viridescente varius : fastiyium 

 lonyi-conicum, subsulcatum, albido marginatum, subtus subcarinatum 

 apice nigrum basi spina albida rolundata armatum ; frons testaceo 

 varia, apud fastigium anyulatum albido uniguttatum, ; oculi bicolores ; 

 antennae albido annulate; prothorax subliliter scaber; prosternum 

 bispinosum; oviductus rectus, corpore paullo longior ; femora quatuor 

 anteriora uniseriatim spinulosa ; alee long ce ; ala- posticce diaphana, 

 pallido venosce. 



Female. Tawny, here and there more or less purplish red, or with 

 a greenish tinge. Head smooth, elongate - conical and very slightly 



