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Prothorax with two transverse furrows; lateral keels well defined. Sternum 

 wilh a piceous disk; prosternum with two short spines. Legs stout; 

 femora and four anterior tibia? with two rows of short spines; hind tibiae 

 with four rows. Fore wings longer than the hind wings, minutely, irre- 

 gularly and very thinly speckled with black, tympanum of the right wing 

 pellucid, large. Hind wings pellucid ; veins testaceous. Length of the 

 body 18 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 37 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



36. CONOCEPHALUS PORRIGENS. 



Foem. Testaceus, gracilis, viridi varius ; caput et prothorax subtililer 

 punctata ; fasiigium breve, obtusum, basi subtus aculangulatum ; 

 antennce picece, basi picece ; oviductus fere rectus, abdomine paullo 

 longior ; alee antic CB corpore longiores, nigro subpunctatte ; alee posticce 

 diaphante. 



Female. Testaceous, slender, partly green, probably wholly green 

 when recent. Head and prothorax punctured. Head with a porrect 

 horizontal horn, which is obtuse at the tip and is shorter than the hinder 

 part of the head and forms an acute angle at its base beneath adjoining the 

 angle of the front, which is almost smooth. Mandibles black towards the 

 tips. Antenna? piceous, testaceous towards the base. Prothorax deeply 

 notched on each side of the hind border, which is slightly curved. Pro- 

 siernum with two long spines ; mesosternum. and metasternum with two 

 acutely dentate lobes. Oviduct almost straight, a little longer than the 

 abdomen. Legs slender; hind femora and four anterior tibia? with two 

 rows of minute spines; hind tibia? with four rows. Wings rather longer 

 than the body. Fore wings with a few black points in the disk. Hind 

 wings pellucid; veins green. Length of the body 16 lines; expansion of 

 the fore wings 42 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



37. CONOCEPHALDS INDICATOR. 



Mas. Testaceus, gracilis ; caput et prothorax sublineata, subtililer punc- 

 tata ; fasiigium longiusculum apice rotundatum, basi subtus non 

 angutatum ; frons nigro biguttata ; sternum nigro interrupts 

 bivittalum ; oviductus arcuatus, lanceolatus, abdomine brevior ; pedes 

 breviusculi ; ala anticce nigro subpunctatce, corpore paullo longiores ; 

 alct posticte diaphance. 



Female. Testaceous, slender. Head and prothorux minutely punc- 

 tured, with some more or less indistinct darker parallel lines. Head with a 

 porrect horizontal horn in front of the eyes; this horn is rounded at the tip 

 and is a little shorter than the hinder space, and is not angular at its base 

 beneath ; front with a black dot. on each side adjoining the face. Mandibles 

 hlack towards the tips. Antennae testaceous. Proihorax with two well- 

 defined lateral keels. Prosternum with two loug spines; lobes of the 

 mesosternum and of the metasternum rounded; a black interrupted stripe 

 on each side. Oviduct curved, lanceolate, shorter than the abdomen. Legs 

 rather short; hind femora and four anterior tibiae with a few minute spines 

 in two rows ; hind tibia? with four rows. Fore wings a little longer than 



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