846 CATALOGUE OF 



39. PHASE ROFTERA DIVERSA. 



Fcem. Ochracen-viridis, gracifis ; caput subtus nigrum ; ffcttli futci, 

 elliptici, subprominuli ; antennce fuscce, basi pattidce ; prothorax rufo 

 unilineatus, carinis lateralibus indeterminatis ; prosternum antice 

 nigrum; mesosternum et metasternum incisa ; abdomen roseo late 

 vittatum ; oviductus abdominis dimidio brevior ; pades graciles, 

 femoribus tibiinque subspinulosis ; alee anticce angustce, areolarum 

 discis margineque postico nigro punctatis ; alee postica diaphana, 

 apice viridi plagiatce. 



Female. Ochraceous-green, slender, smooth. Head as broad as the 

 prothorax, with the usual forked keel, black beneath, shining in front. 

 Eyes brown, elliptical, slightly prominent. Fourth joint of the maxillary 

 palpi less than half the length of the fifth. Antennae brown, long, slender, 

 pale at the base. Prothorax with a red longitudinal line; lateral keels in- 

 determinate; fore border hardly excavated; sides nearly straight; hind 

 border slightly rounded. Prosternum black in front; mesosternum and 

 metasternum notched. Abdomen with a broad rosy stripe. Oviduct 

 deep, widely curved, erect towards the tip, much less than half the length of 

 the abdomen. Legs long, slender; spines of the femora and of the tibiae 

 extremely minute; hind femora very slightly incrassated for half the length 

 from the base; fore tibiaB slightly dilated at the base. Fore wings narrow, 

 shorter by two lines than the hind wings, with black points in the disks of 

 the discoidal areolets and along the hind border, where ihey are most 

 numerous. Hind wings pellucid; veins testaceous; transverse veinlets 

 white; apical green patch with black points. Length of the body Uplines; 

 expansion of the lore wings 36 lines. 



It may be distinguished from P. insignis and from P. notabilis by the 

 structure of the fore wings; the branch of the externo-medial vein emerges 

 much nearer the base of the wing and emits five oblique veins from its hind, 

 side. 



Mas. ? Testacea ; caput antice albidum ; prothoracis discus sub carina tits, 

 carinis lateralibus bene determinatis ; cerci valde arcuati ; cornicula 

 duo infera subarcuata ; alee posticce apice testaceo plagiata. 



Male P Testaceous, smooth, slender. Head nearly as broad as the 

 prothorax, with the usual forked keel; fore part whitish, shining; front 

 erect. Eyes livid, prominent, nearly round. Antennae brown, long, 

 slender, testaceous at the base. Prothorax with a slight longitudinal keel ; 

 disk flat, thinly and minutely speckled with black ; lateral keels well- 

 defined ; fore border and sides hardly excavated; hind border slightly 

 rounded. Mesoslernum notched. Cerci slender, much curved upward ; 

 the two lower appendages slender, lanceolate, slightly curved. Legs long, 

 slender; spines of the femora and of the tibiae extremely minute; basal 

 half of the hind femora very slightly incrassated ; fore I ibis slightly dilated 

 at the base. Fore wings narrow, shorter by two lines than the hind wings, 

 with black points in the disks of the discoidal areolets and along the hind 

 bolder, where they are most numerous. Hind wings pellucid ; apical patch 



