378 CATALOGUE OF 



TO. PHYLLOPTERA CONTRACTA. 



Foem. Viridis aut testacea; caput utrinque et antics albidum, verticis 

 carina sulcala poslice dilatata antlce obtusa, fronte inter antennas 

 longi-conica ; prothoracis discus rugulosus, postice vix latior, carinis 

 lateralibus rotundatis ; mesosternum et metasternum subincisa ; ovi- 

 ductus abdomine paullo brevior ; pedes graciles; alee anlicce fusi- 

 formes,femoribus posticis sat long lores ; alceposticce diaphance , paullo 

 longiores, striga apicali lata mridi. 



Female. Green or testaceous, narrow, smooth, shining. Head a little 

 narrower than the prothorax, with a whitish tinge above and on each side; 

 keel of the vertex furrowed, diluted hind ward, obtuse on the fore border ; 

 elongation of the front between the antennae elongate-conical. Eyes brown, 

 round, prominent. Palpi very slender; fourth joint about half the length 

 of the third, less than one-lhird of the length of the fifth. Prothorax rugu- 

 lose; disk flat, hardly widening hindward, with an angular transverse im- 

 pressed line; lateral keels rounded; fore border and sides very slightly 

 excavated in the middle; hind border slightly rounded. Mesusternura 

 and metasternum slightly notched. Oviduct curved, a litile shorter than 

 the abdomen. Legs slender; spines minute; hind femora much more than 

 half the length of the fore wings. Fore wings fusiform, very minutely 

 reticulated, shorter by one line and a half than the hind wings ; large 

 areolets irregular, their veins not prominent. Hind wings pellucid ; veins 

 pale green; apical patch green. Length of the body 10 lines; expansion 

 of the fore wings 30 lines. 



The outline of the lateral lobes of the prothorax and the shape of the 

 fore wings distinguish this species from P. Zetterstedti. 



a. Brazil. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



South Africa. 



11. PHYLLOPTERA PROTEIFOLIA. 

 Phanoptera proteifolia, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 692. 



a c. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 

 /, e. Souih Africa. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq. 

 fj. Natal. From M. Gueiuzius' collection. 



12. PHYLLOPTERA CERERIS. 

 Cereiis, Stal, Ofo. K. V. Ak. Fork. 1856, 170. 

 Cape. Natal. 



13. PHYLLOPTERA FASCIATA. 



Foam. Viridis, plus minusve testacea aut, lutea ; caput carina inter 

 antennas albida lanceolata sulcata antennarum articulo \o angustiore 

 fronte inter antennas conica, labro albido ; oculi rnfescentes, nigro 

 vittati; prothorax nigro unifasciatus, carinis lateralibus vix deter- 

 minatis; mesosternum et metasternum subincisa ; oviductus brevissi- 

 mus ; pedes longi, graciles ; alee anticce latiuscul(E,femoribus posticis 

 vix duplo longiores, costa valde convexa, maryine postico subangulato ; 

 al<e postica diaphance, paullo longiores, striga apicali lata viridi. 



