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74. CONOCEPHALUS VIITIPKNNIS. 



Foein. Testaceus, gracilis, dense punctatus, vittis dua'bus pallidis fusco 

 diffuse marginutis ; caput pallido quinquelinealum, prot/torace valde 

 breviux, fastigio bre"vi-conico subfus nigro trianyulari, gutta frontali 

 paliide fiava ; oviductus rectus, abdomine longior ; ptdes gratiles, 

 femoribus subtus piceis; alee antida nigro guttalce el punctatce ; alee 

 posliccB diaphance, albo venosce. 



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

 With two paler stripes which are diffnsedly bordered with brown on the 

 outer side and occupy the well-defined lateral keels of the prothorax. Head 

 with three more pale longitudinal lines, very much shorter than the pro- 

 thorax ; fasligium short-conical, much shorter than the hinder part of the 

 head, broad and much rounded in front, black and triangular beneath, 

 front with an elliptical pale yellow dot which is contiguous to the fasligium. 

 Prothorax with two slight transverse furrows, the hinder one especially 

 indistinct; fore border and sides almost straight in the middle; hind border 

 slightly rounded. Prosternum with two long slender spines. Mesosternum 

 and metasternum with piceous disks. Oviduct straight, rather longer than 

 the abdomen. Legs slender ; femora piceous beneath; four anterior femora 

 unarmed. Fore wings much louer than the body, rather longer than the 

 hind wings, with some black dots and points. Hind wings pellucid; veins 

 white. Length of the body 13 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 36 lines. 



Like C. abbreviates in the shape of the fastigium. 

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75. CONOCEPHALUS ABBREVIATUS. 



Foam. Paliide viridis, gracilis, subliiiler punc talus ; fastigium brevi- 

 conicum, apice latnm, subtus triangulare nigro fusciatum ; oculi 

 nigro univittati ; prolhorax capite plus duplo longior; oviduclus 

 rectuSy abdomine longior ; pedes graciles, femoribus quatuor anteriori- 

 bus subspinosis ; alee posticce diaphance, ulbo venosce. 



Female. Pale green, slender. Head and prothorax minutely punc- 

 tured. Head about half the length of the prothorax ; fasligium short- 

 conical, very broad and much rounded in front, much shorter than the 

 hinder part of the head, triangular beneath, where it has a slender 

 abbreviated black band. Eyes testaceous, with a black stripe. Prothorax 

 with two very slight transverse furrows; fore border and sides almost 

 straight in the middle; hind border slightly rounded. Proslernum with 

 two long slender spines. Oviduct straight, rather longer than the abdo^ 

 men. Legs slender ; four anterior femora with a few very minute spines; 

 the other parts as usual. Fore wings very much longer than the body, a 

 little longer than ihe hind wings, which are pellucid and have white veins-. 

 Length of the body 15 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 50 lines. 



The fastigium is somewhat broader than that of C. remotus. 



