688 CATALOGUE OF 



inciso ; prosterni spina long a, gracilis, acuta ; femora postica abdo~ 

 mine vix breviora, fasciis duabus angulatis ferrugineis ; ales anticce 

 pallide cincrcce, nbdomini cequilongce, maculis yuttisque plurimis 

 obscurioribus piceo venosis. 



Female. Pale luteous, rather slender. Head smooth, with a lanceo- 

 late piceous mark on the vertex ; tip of the vertex depressed, elongate- 

 subhexagonal ; front thinly punctured, with four slightly-defined keels 

 which diverge towards the face. Eyes tawny, elongate- elliptical, not 

 oblique, with several brown lines. Antennae piceous above towards the 

 tips. Prothorax finely scabrous, with a broad irregular piceous stripe, and 

 on each side with a very large subquadrate piceous patch which includes 

 four pale luteous marks of various size; disk nearly flat, with three slight 

 keels; fore border nearly straight, hardly notched in the middle; sides 

 slightly rounded; hind border more rounded. Prosternal spine whitish, 

 long, slender, acute. Sides of the pectus mostly piceous. Hind femora 

 nearly as long as the abdomen, ferruginous at the tips and with two angular 

 ferruginous bands above; hind tibiae rather shorter than the hind femora, 

 their spines with black tips. Fore wings pale cinereous, as long as the 

 abdomen, with many darker piceous-veined spots and dots ; veins else- 

 where pale yellow. Hind wings pellucid; veins black. Length of the 

 body 21 lines; expansion of the fore wings 30 lines. 



Souakin, E. Africa. In Mr. Lord's collection. 



27. CALOPTENUS TUBBIDUS. 



Foem. Fulvus, gracilis; fastiyium subhexagonale ; antenna picece ; 

 prothorax subtiliter scaber, piceo late univittatns, postice latescens, 

 disco subtricarinato fere piano ; prosterni spina crasser, transversa, 

 non attenuata; femora postica pallide tcstacca, abdomini cequi- 

 longa, extus viridi vittata; alee anticce cinerece, abdomini cequilongce, 

 maculis paucis obscurioribus piceo venosis. 



Female. Tawny, slender. Head smooth ; tip of the vertex flat, sub- 

 hexagonal ; front thinly punctured, with four slightly-defined keels ; inner 

 keels parallel ; outer keels diverging towards the face. Eyes ferruginous, 

 elongate-subelliptical, straight in front, rounded on the hind side. 

 Antennae piceous. Prothorax finely scabrous, widening towards the hind 

 border, with a broad irregular piceous stripe ; disk nearly flat, with three 

 slight keels and with distinct transverse impressed lines; fore border nearly 

 straight; sides slightly rounded ; hind border more rounded. Prosternal 

 spine thick, transverse, not more slender towards the tip, which is rounded. 

 Hind femora pale testaceous, as long as the abdomen, with a dark dull 

 green stripe on the outer side ; hind tibiae a little shorter than the hind 

 femora, their spines with black tips. Wings cinereous. Fore wings as 

 long as the abdomen, with a few darker piceous-veined spots; veins tawny. 

 Hind wings with black veins. Length of the body 16 lines; expansion of 

 the fore wings 32 lines. 



Shoobra, Egypt. In Mr. Lord's collection. 



