680 CATALOGUE OF 



11. CALOPTENUS FASCIATUS. 



Mas et foem. Piceus, sat validus, subtus fulvus; capul ct prothorax 

 nigricante bivittata, laleribus futvis; fasligium fusiforme ; frons 

 fulva ; antenna fulva, capite et prothorax ad unum longiores, apices 

 versus picea ; prothorax subtilissime scaber, subtricarinatus, margine 

 postico valde rotundato ; prosterni spina conica, crassa ; femora 

 postica piceo trifusciata, subtus rw/cf, abdomini cequilonga ; tibia 

 postica rufa, nigro spinosa ; alee antica futva, piceo maculata, 

 corpore breviores. 



Acridium fascia turn, Barnston* MSS. 



Male and female. Piceous, moderately stout, tawny beneath. Head 

 and prothorax with two broad blackish stripes; exterior part tawny. 

 Head short, smooth ; tip of the vertex depressed, fusiform ; front tawny, 

 thinly punctured, with four well-defined keels ; inner keels parallel ; outer 

 keels diverging towards the face. Eyes livid, much rounded on the hind 

 side. Antennae tawny, piceous towards the tips, longer than the head and 

 the prothorax together. Prothorax very finely scabrous, slightly widening 

 hindward ; disk nearly flat, with three slight keels ; transverse impressed 

 lines distinct; fore border straight ; sides slightly rounded ; hind border 

 more rounded. Prosternal spine conical, thick, broader and more obtuse 

 in the female than in the male. Legs tawny ; hind femora as long as the 

 abdomen, with three irregular piceous bands, red beneath ; hind tibiae red, 

 shorter than the hind femora; spines black ; hind tarsi red. Fore wings 

 tawny, shorter than the abdomen, with some small indistinct piceous spots; 

 veins piceous. Hind wings pellucid-cinereous ; veins whitish, black along 

 the costa and towards the tips. Male. Prothorax with a testaceous oblique 

 streak on each side in front. Length of the body 911 lines; expansion 

 of the fore wings 10 14 lines. 



, b. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by Dr. 

 Barnston. 



12. CALOPTENUS SCRIPTUS. 



Fcem. Pall idejiavus, sat gracilis ; capul et prothorax nigro late bhittata; 

 caput breviusculum, rufo varium, fastigio elliptico ; antenna fulva ; 

 prothorax subtilissime scaber, disco piano subtricarinato, margine 

 postico subproducto vix angulato ; prosterni spina robusta, longi- 

 conica, sublransversa ; femora postica supra nigricante triplagiata, 

 extus rufescentia nigricante triplagiata ; tibia postica rufa ; ala 

 antica maculis guttisque plurimis nigris. 



Female. Pale yellow, rather slender. Head and prothorax with two 

 broad black stripes, which in the prothorax are much excavated and do not 

 extend bevond the fourth transverse line. Head smooth, rather short, 

 partly tinged with red ; tip of the vertex flat, elliptical ; front with four 

 slight keels which diverge slightly towards the face. Eyes ferruginous, 

 subelliptical, straight on the fore side, much rounded on the hind side. 

 Antennas tawny, slender. Prothorax very finely scabious; disk flat, with 

 three very slight keels ; transverse impressed lines well defined ; fore 

 border nearly straight; sides slightly rounded; hind border slightly elon- 



