326 CATALOGUE OF 



71. CONOCEPHALUS EEMOTUS. 



Mas et foam. Viridis^ dense et subtiliter punctatus ; caput prothorucc 

 vaide brevius, fastigio conico; oviductus rectus, abdomine pan do 

 longior ; pedes graciles^ fernoribus anlicis inermibus, femoribus 

 intermediis nonnunquam bispinosis ; alee anticce nigro subpunctalcc ; 

 alts posticce diauhance, albo venosce. 



Male and female. Grass-green. Head and prothorax thickly and 

 minutely punctured. Head very much shorter than the prothorax; fas- 

 tigium conical, less than half the length of the hinder part of the head, 

 rounded beneath at tue hase, where it approaches the dentate border of the 

 front. Prothorax with two more or less distinct yellowish stripes on the 

 well-defined lateral keels; fore border, hind border and sides nearly straight 

 in the middle. Prosternum with two long slender spines. Oviduct straight, 

 a little longer than the abdomen. Legs slender; four anterior femora un- 

 armed or with two minute spines near the tips of the middle femora ; the 

 other ptvrts as usual. Fore wings much longer than the body, a little longer 

 than the hind wings, occasionally with a few black points. Hind wings 

 pellucid; veins white. Length of the body 12 13 lines; expansion of the 

 lore wings 33 36 lines. 



a c. Sandwich Isles. Presented by Capt. Beechey. 



Country unknown. 



72. CONOCEPHALUS ACANTHOCERUS. 



acanthocerus, Haan, Verz. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Ind. Bez. Ins. 212. 



73. CoNOCEPHALUS NOBIL1S. 



Fcem. Viridis, dense punctatus ; caput prothorace brevius,faxtigio lonyi- 

 conico, ft'oute tinea inter oculos transversa Jusca, margine antico 

 nigro; mandibula nigrce ; abdomen fuscescens ; oviductus testaceus, 

 subarcuatuSj abdomine paullo longior; pedes robusti, femoribus 

 anterioribus spinosis ; alee posticce diaph(in(e, albo venosce. 



Female. Pale green, stout, testaceous beneath. Head and prothorax 

 thickly punctured. Head somewhat shorter than the prothorax ; lastigium 

 elongate-conical, shorter than the hinder part of the head, obtusely angular 

 beneath at its base ; front with a brown transverse line between the eyes 

 and with a black band oil the fore border; labrum mostly piceo'us. 

 Mandibles black. Prothorax with a slight transverse furrow ; lore border, 

 sides and hind border nearly straight in the middle. Prosternum with two 

 long slender spines; mesosternum with two elongate-conical lobes; meta- 

 sternum with two triangular lobes. Abdomen brownish. Oviduct testa- 

 ceous, slightly curved, a little longer than the abdomen. Legs stout ; fore 

 femora with three minute spines on the inner side and with two on the outer 

 side; middle femora with three or four on the outer side; the other pails 

 as usual. Fore wings much longer thou the body, a little longer than the 

 hind wings, which are pellucid and have white veius. Length of the body 

 22 lines; expansion of the fore wings 64 Hues. 



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