692 CATALOGUE OF 



vertex depressed, elongate-subquadrale; front punctured; inner keels 

 parallel; outer keels diverging towards the face; clypeus whitish. Eyes 

 elliptical. Antennae luteous. Prothorax punctured; disk flat, with three 

 well-defined keels; transverse impressed lines slight; fore border, sides and 

 hind border slightly rounded. Prosternal spine pale yellow, transverse, 

 rather long, rounded at the tip, its breadth about twice its thickness. Legs 

 slightly pilose ; hind femora longer than the abdomen, reddish on the inner 

 side, with several black points ; hind tibiae red, rather shorter than the hind 

 femora, their spines with black tips. Fore wings pellucid, shorter than the 

 body, with some cinereous brown-veined points, dots, spots and patches, 

 which form an irregular discoidal stripe. Hind wings pellucid, with a rosy 

 tinge and with rosy veins towards the interior border; veins black, pale 

 yellow at the base. Length of the body 7 lines ; expansion of the fore 

 wings 13 lines. 



a. South Africa. From Dr. Krauss' collection. 



33. CALOPTENUS HOTTENTOTTUS. 



Acridium (Calliptamus) hottentottus, Stal, Eug. Resa, 337. 

 Cape. 



Var. ? Fosm. Ferrugineus, robustus ; caput breve, fastigio conico 

 depresso, f route fulva ; antennae albidce ; prothorax subtiliter scaber, 

 disco tricarinato fere piano ; prosterni spina crassa, transversa, vix 

 incisa ; femora postica intus rufescentia, abdomine paullo longiora ; 

 tibiae posticee rufct ; aloe antices cinerece, abdomine paullo longiores, 

 venis piceo nebulusis, maculis guttisque nonnullis e venis pallidis ; 

 alee posticce diaphance, apud marginem interiorem rufescentes. 



Female. Ferruginous, stout. Head smooth, short; tip of the vertex 

 depressed, conical ; front tawny, erect, thinly punctured ; keels slight, 

 slightly diverging towards the face. Eyes subelliptical, piceous, much 

 rounded on the hind side. Antennae whitish. Prothorax finely scabrous ; 

 disk nearly flat, with three distinct keels; transverse impressed lines 

 slight; fore border nearly straight; sides and hind border rounded. Pro- 

 sternal spine thick, transverse, hardly notched, much broader than thick. 

 Hind femora a little longer than the abdomen, reddish on the inner side ; 

 hind tibiae red, shorter than the hind femora, their spines black. Fore 

 wings cinereous, a little longer than the abdomen ; veins clouded with 

 piceous, here and there pale, and thus forming some spots and dots. Hind 

 wings pellucid, reddish and with red veins towards the interior border; 

 veins elsewhere black. Length of the body 10 lines ; expansion of the fore 

 wings 16 lines. 



?. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



34. CALOPTENUS SATOBATUS. 



Fcein. Ferrugineus, robustus ; caput breve, postici albidum, fastigio 

 longi-conico depresso truncato ; prothorax subtuberculatus, albido 

 notatus, disco sub tricarinato fere piano; prosterni spina pallide 

 testacea, brevis, transversa ; pedes quatuor anleriores albidi, nigri- 

 cante notati ; femora postica latissima, abdomine paullo breviora, 

 extus albida nigricante notata, intus nigra fascia apicali lutea ; tibia 



