322 CATALOGUE OF 



slightly rounded. Prosternum with two long slender spines. Oviduct as 

 long as the abdomen. Legs rather slender ; four anterior femora unarmed ; 

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

 tibia) with four rows. Wings extending very much beyond the abdomen. 

 Fore wings rather longer than the hind wings, which are pellucid and have 

 white veins. Length of the body 20 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 48 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



57. CONOCEPHALUS SPATULATUS. 



Fcem. Testaceus, robustus, subliliter punctatus ; fasligium laftceolatum, 

 subsulcatum, apive nigrum, subtus carinalum ; oculi nitgti ; pro- 

 thoracis carinte laterales non bene determinate ; prostemi spince 

 breves; oviductus vix arcuatus, abdomine puiillo brevinr ; pedes 

 robusli, femoribus quatuor anlerioribus subapin'dsis ; alw posticte 

 diaphantK, patlido venos'ce. 



Female. Testaceous^ stout. Head and proihorax thickly and minutely 

 punctured. Fastigium lanceolate, slightly furrowed, with slightly reflexed 

 sides, black and acute at the tip, keeled beneath, where it is dentate at the 

 base, a little shorter than the hinder part of the head ; front slightly keeled 

 towards the fastigium. Mandibles with black tips. Eyes black. Pro- 

 thorax with two indistinct transverse furrows; lateral keels not well defined ; 

 fore border, hind border and sides nearly straight in the middle. Prrjsternum 

 with two short spines. Abdomen pale testaceous. Oviduct very slightly 

 curved, a little shorter than the abdomen. Legs stout; four anterior 

 femora with four minute spines on the inner side and with one on the outer 

 side.; hind femora and four anterior tibia? with two rows of spines ; hind 

 tibiae with four rows. Wings extending very much beyond the abdomen. 

 Fore wings rather longer than the hind wings, which are pellucid and have 

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

 wings 48 lines; 



The fastigium of this species resembles that of C. dorsalis, but is more 

 acute. 



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



58. CONOCEPHALUS CONC1SUS. 



Fcem. Testaceus, gracilis, subliliter ruyulosus ; fasligiiim longi-conicum, 

 apicesubrotundatum sublus cavinatum ; mandibul'ce nigrce ; prolhoracis 

 carina laterales vix determinates; oviductus subarcuatus, abdomine 

 brevior ; pedes robusti, femoribus anticis biseridtim trispinosis, 

 femoribus intermediis uniseriatim quinquespinosis ; alec postiea 

 diaphancB, pallido venosa. 



Female. Testaceous, slender. Head and prothorax minutely tuber- 

 tulate or rugulose. Head much shorter than the proihorax ; fastigium 

 elongate-conical, slightly rounded at the tip, a little shorter and more 

 tuberculate than the hinder part of the head, keeled beneath, where it is 

 dentate at its base ; front convex, slightly attenuated towards the fastigium ; 

 tlypeus and labrum smooth. Mandibles black. Proihorax with two slight 

 transverse furrows ; fore border and hind border straight in the middle ; 



