386 . CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Green, slender, smooth, shining. Head as broad as the pro- 

 thorax ; vertex between the antenna? very slightly furrowed, much broader 

 than ihe first joint of the latter, truncated on the fore border, where it is 

 contiguous to the equally broad and obtuse elongated part of the front : 

 labrum mostly white. Eyes fusiform, prominent. Antenna? brown, green 

 at the base. Prothorax slightly rugulose, elongate, with a flat disk which 

 hardly widens hindward ; lateral keels sharply defined; fore border slightly 

 excavated; sides rounded; hind bonfer slightly rounded. Mesosternum 

 and metasternum deeply notched. Oviduct deep, much curved, less than 

 half the length of the abdomen. Legs slender ; femora setulose ; hind 

 femora half the length of the fore wings; hind tibia? with rather long 

 spines, a little longer than ihe hind femora. Fore wings fusiform, minutely 

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

 slightly convex; interior border more rounded; large areolets mostly 

 irregular. Hind wings pellucid; apical patch green. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 31 lines. 



The yellow stripes on the prothorax of O.gramineus distinguish it from 

 this and the following species, 

 a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 

 6. West Africa. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



19. OROPHUS FLAVESCENS. 



Foem. Pallide luteus ; vertex inter antennas subsulcatus, antice truncatus, 

 arliculo lo duplo latior ; labrum album ; oculi fusiformes ; prothorax 

 scite rugulosus, carinis lateralibus dislinctissimis ; mesosternum et 

 metasternum valde incisa ; oviductus abdomini mjuilongus ; pedes 

 graciles ; alee antics lata, femoribui posticis plus duplo longiores, 

 costa perparum convexa, margine postico valde rotundato , ala posticte 

 diaphance, striga apicali lala. viridi. 



Female. Pale luteous, smooth, shining. Head a little narrower than 

 the prothorax; vertex between the antenna? twice as broad as the first joint 

 of the latter, slightly furrowed, truncated on the fore border, where it is 

 contiguous to the equally broad part of the front; labrum white. Eyes 

 tawny, fusiform, prominent. Prothorax finely rugulose; disk flat, slightly 

 widening hindward, with three indistinct transverse impressed lines ; lateral 

 keels sharply defined ; fore border slightly excavated ; sides with a conical 

 outline; hind border slightly rounded. Mesosternmum and metasternum 

 deeply notched. Oviduct deep, curved, as long as the abdomen. Legs 

 slender ; spines small ; hind femora rather less than half the length of the 

 fore wings. Fore wings broad, minutely reticulated, shorter by one line 

 than the hind wings; costa very slightly rounded; interior border very 

 convex. Hind wings pellucid ; apical patch green. Length of the body 

 10 lines; expansion of the fore wings 36 lines. 

 a. Gambia. From Mr. Kendall's collection. 



20. OROPHUS COMPRESSUS. 



Mas. Albido-testaceus ; verticis carina fere plana, vix sulcata, antice 

 paullo angustior et subincisa ; frons inter antennas quadrata disco 

 impresso ; prothorax punctatus, disco piano postice latescente et ferru- 

 gineo, carinis lateralibus bene determinatis, lobis lateralibus fusco 



