314 CATALOGUE OF 



the hind wings and than the body, with very few black points in the disk. 

 Hind wings pellucid ; veins testaceous. Length of the body 1 1 12 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 25 28 lioes. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



b. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



38. CONOCEPHALUS DIVEESUS. 



Fosra. Pallide testaceus, gracilis, subtiliter punctatus ; fastigium 

 brevissimum, latissimum, antice rotundatum, basi subtus subangu- 

 latum ; mandibulce et antenna fulvee ; oviductus rectus, abdomine 

 longior; pedes graciles ; alee anticce corpore paullo breviores ; alee 

 posticee diaphancn. 



Female. Pale testaceous or green, slender. Head and prothorax 

 minutely punctured. Horn of the hoad very broad and short, much 

 rounded, not extending far beyond the first joint of the antennae, forming a 

 rounded angle at the base beneath, where the front is also angular. 

 M andibles tawny ; tips black. Apical joints of the palpi clavate and tawny 

 at the tips. Antennae tawny. Prothorax with two very indistinct transverse 

 furrows; lateral keels well defined; hind border slightly rounded, with a 

 deep notch on each side. Prosternum with two long slender spines. Ovi- 

 duct straight, somewhat longer than the abdomen. Legs slender; hind 

 femora and four anterior with a few minute spines in two rows. Fore 

 wings a little shorter than the body, a little longer than the hind wings, 

 which are pellucid and have green veins; Length of the body 13 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 21 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



39. CONOCEPHALUS OBSCUKUS. 



Fosm. Testaceus, gracilis ; caput et prothorax guadrisubvittata, subtiliter 

 pun data ; fastigium brevissimum, latissimum, apice rotundalum 

 pallide Jlavum, basi subtus subangulatum ; frons apice flavo uni- 

 guttala ; mandibulce pallide rufce, apice nigrce ; sternum nigricante 

 interrupte viltatum ; oviductus rectus, corpore vix brevior ; pedes 

 graciles, piceo bivittati ; alee anticce nigricante guttatce, corpore 

 longiores ; alee posticee cinereee^fuscescente venosee. 



Female. Testaceous, slender. Head and prothorax thickly and finely 

 punctured, with four irregular slender paler stripes. Horn of the head 

 horizontal, very broad, pale yellow and not narrower in front, hardly 

 extending beyond the first joint of the antennae, forming a rounded angle 

 at the base beneath, where it is contiguous to an elongated pale yellow dot 

 on the front, which is smooth. Mandibles pale red, with black tips. Eyes 

 with a black incomplete ringlet. Prothorax with the hind border slightly 

 rounded, notched on each side ; lateral keels distinct. Sternum with a 

 blackish interrupted stripe; prosternum with two long slender spines. 

 Oviduct straight, nearly as long as the body. Legs slender, with two 

 piceous stripes which are most determinate on the tarsi ; hind femora and 

 four anterior tibiae with a few minute spines in two rows; hind tibiae with 



