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broader than long-, rounded and not narrower in front, extending a litile 

 beyond the first joint of the antennae, forming at the base beneath a slight 

 angle which is contiguous to the slight spine on the front. Mandibles with 

 blackish tips. Prolhorax with a flat dorsum, with a slightly rounded hind 

 border, and with two slight lateral keels. Spines of the prosternuro long, 

 slender. Sternum with an interrupted blackish stripe on each side. Abdo- 

 men with two rows of blackish dots on each side. Legs slender; spines as 

 usual. Wings extending much beyond the body. Fore wings with a few 

 brown points. Hind wings pellucid; veins pale. Length of the body 

 12 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 33 lines. 



The fastigium is a little shorter and less rounded in front than that of 

 the two preceding species. 



a. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 



51. CONOCEPHALUS DOBSALIS. 



Mas. Viridis, dense punctatus, subtus^es{a^us ; fastigium longi- conicum, 

 aculum, subtus carinatum ; prothorax carinis Idteralibus bene deter- 

 minatis, postice subochraceus ; pedes sat validi, femoribus guatuor 

 anterioribus subspinosis ; al<e anticcB postice ochracece ; alas posticce 

 diaphance, pallido venosce. 



Male. Grass-green, mostly testaceous beneath. Head and prothorax 

 very thickly punctured. Fastigium elongate-conical, acute, keeled beneath, 

 as long as the hinder part of the head; front with a short rounded spine 

 adjoining the fastigium; clypeus smooth, green. Mandibles with black 

 tips. Prothorax wilh two distinct lateral keels; hind part pale ochraceous ; 

 transverse furrows very indistinct; fore border and sides very slightly 

 excavated in the middle ; hind border nearly straight, with the usual notch 

 on each side. Legs rather stout ; four anterior femora with a few spines ; 

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

 wilh four rows. Wings extending very much beyond the abdomen. Fore 

 wings pale ochraceous along the hind border. Hind wings pellucid ; 

 veins pale. Length of the body 18 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 56 lines. 



a. Amoy, China. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



52. CONOCEPHALUS STRENUUS. 



Mas. Testaccus, dense punctatus; caput pallido quinque vittatum ; 

 fastigium lonyi-conicum, subtus subcarinatum ; frons subsulcata, 

 fascia antica interrupta subarcuata ; mandibulce nigrce; prothorax 

 pallido trivitlatus ; pedes sat robusti, femoribus quatuor anterioribus 

 subspinosis ; alee pusticce diaphana, pallido venosce. 



Male. Testaceous. Head and prothorax thickly punctured, with two 

 paler stripes which extend along the distinct lateral keels of the prothorax. 

 Head with a middle pale stripe and with two others exterior to those before 

 mentioned and extending from the eyes to the hind border; fastigium 

 elongate-conical, acute, shorter than the hinder part of the head, slihtly 

 keeled beneath, where it is angular at the base; front with a slight longi- 

 tudinal furrow and with a black curved interrupted band on its fore border. 



