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than the body, with a few black points in the disk. Hind wings pellucid ; 

 veins green. Length of the body 11 15 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 3244 lines. 



Nearly allied to C. differens. 



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

 b -f. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



42. CONOCEPHALUS VICINUS. 



Mas et foem. Testaceus ; caput et prothorax punctata ; fasligium breve, 

 apice rotundatum, subtus basi angulatum ; oviductus rectus, corpore 

 brevior ; pedes longi, graciles ; alee anticce longissimce, nigro sub- 

 punctatce ; alee posticce diaphance, testaceo venosce. 



Male and female. Testaceous. Head and prothorax thickly punc- 

 tured. Head with a horizontal horn which extends a little beyond the first 

 joint of ihe antennae and is rounded and not narrower in front, and forms 

 at the base beneath a slightly acute angle ; front smooth. Mandibles with 

 black tips. Prothorax with two indistinct transverse furrows ; hind border 

 slightly rounded, with a deep excavation on each side. Prosternum with 

 two slender spines. Oviduct straight, rather shorter than the body. Legs 

 long, slender; hind femora and four anterior tibia with a few minute 

 spines in two rows; hind tibiae with four rows. Fore wings less than twice 

 the length of the body, a little longer than the hind wings, with a few black 

 points in the disk. Hind wings pellucid ; veins testaceous. Length of the 

 body 11 15 lines; expansion of the fore wings 38 54 lines. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 b e. East Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 

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



43. CONOCEPHALDS SUBVITTATUS. 



Fo2m. Testaceus, gracilis ; caput et prothorax punctata, vittis nonnullis 

 pallide fuscis vittisque duabus obscure funds ; fastigium breve, apice 

 rotundatum, basi subtus subangulatum ; antennce fulvce, basi lestacece ; 

 sternum nigricante inlerrupte vittalum ; oviductus vix arcuatus, cor- 

 pore paulLo brevior; pedes graciles, femoribus fusco subvittatix ; al<e 

 anticce corpore paullo longiores, villa guttisque paucis nigricanlibus ; 

 alee posticce cinerece, testaceo venosce. 



Female. Testaceous, slender. Head and prothorax thickly and 

 minutely punctured, with several pale brown and two dark brown stripes. 

 Horn of the head horizontal, extending a little beyond the first joint of the 

 antennae, rounded and not narrower in front, forming a rounded angle at 

 the base beneath; front mostly smooth. Eyes mottled with black. 

 Antennae tawny, testaceous at the base. Prothorax notched on each side 

 of the slightly rounded hind border; lateral keels defined. Sternum with 

 an interrupted blackish stripe; prosternura with two slender spines. Ovi- 

 duct hardly curved, a little shorter than the body. Legs slender ; femora 

 slightly striped with brown; hind femora and four anterior tibia? with a few 

 minute spines in two rows ; hind tibias with four rows. Wings a little 

 longer than the body. Fore wings with a blackish stripe and with a few 



