310 CATALOGUE OF 



furrowed in front of the eyes, where it is bordered with whitish on each side 

 and at the tip; cone beneath slightly keeled, black towards the tip, with a 

 whitish rounded spine at the base; front mottled with testaceous, angular 

 and with a whitish elongated dot near the cone; face short, excavated. 

 Mandibles with black tips. Eyes testaceous on the inner side, green on 

 the outer side. Antennas with numerous slender whitish rings. Prothorax 

 finely scabrous. Sternum with the usual form. Oviduct straight, a little 

 longer than the body. Four anterior femora with one row of spines, which 

 are very few and small beneath the fore femora; hind femora and four 

 anterior tibiae with two rows of black-tipped spines; hind tibiae with four 

 rows of spines. Wings rather less than twice the length of the body. 

 Hind wings pellucid, with pale veins. Length of the body 15 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 42 lines. 



a. Deinerara. From Mr. Bowers' collection. 



28. CONOCEPHALUS SIMULATOR. 



Foem. Fulvusy subius testaceus ; fastigium breve, albido marginatum, 

 antic a latum et ro tun datum, subtus basi angulatum apice niyricante 

 fasciatum ; frons purpurascente varia, gutta apud fastigium albida 

 longiuscula ; antenna nigricantes, basi fulvce ; prothoracis margo 

 posticus albido nigroque punclatus ; prosternum bispinosum ; ovi- 

 ductus rectus, corpore brevior ; femora subtus nigricantia ; femora 

 antica non spinosa ; alee longce ; alee an tic a diaphance, pallido 

 venosce. 



Female. Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head and prothorax finely 

 punctured. Cone of the head short, whitish on each side and on the fore 

 border, where it is broad and rounded ; under side with a narrow blackish 

 band near the tip, obtusely angular at the base; front partly purplish, with 

 a whitish elongated dot between the antenna?. Mandibles pale red, with 

 black tips. Antennas blackish, tawny towards the base. Prothorax with 

 three whitish points on the hind border, each with a smaller black point at 

 each end. Sternum of the usual form. Oviduct straight, rather shorter 

 than the body ; femora blackish beneath; middle femora with a single row 

 of a few minute spines; hind femora and four anterior tibiae with two rows 

 of black-tipped spines; hind tibiae with four rows. Wings rather less than 

 twice the length of the body. Hind wings pellucid; veins pale. Length 

 of the body 17 lines; expansion of the fore wings 50 lines. 



The cone of the head is shorter and much broader in front than that of 

 the preceding species. 



a. Brazil? From Mr. Argent's collection. 



29. CONOCEPHALUS ? LATIFRONS. 



Fo3m. Testaceus, viridi varius ; fastigium latissimum, antice rotundatum, 

 anlennarum articulum lum vix superans, basi subtus rotunda turn ; 

 antenna picece, basi testacece ; prothorax lineis duabus nigricantibus 

 valde interrupts ; prosternum bispinosum ; oviductits piceus, rectus, 

 basi testaceus, corpore vix brevior ; pedes brevi, robusti, femoribus 

 anticis uniapinosis, femoribus intermediis trispinosis ; alee abdomen 

 non superantes ; alee posticte diaphance, viridi venosa. 



