098 , CATALOGUE OF 



and along the exterior border; veins black, pale yellow towards the base 

 and along the interior border. Length of the body 11 lines ; expansion of 

 the fore wings 22 lines. 

 a. Whydah. From Mr. Eraser's collection. 



46. CALOPTENUS FERRIFER. 



Mas. Fuscus, robustus, subtus pallide viridescens ; caput apud oculos 

 viridescens,fasligiosubfusiformi; antenna fulvce ; prothorax subti- 

 liter scaber, tricarinatus, fulvo bivittatus, plagis quatuor lateralibus 

 viridescentibus ; prosterni spina crassa, sublransversa ; femora postica 

 latissima, pallide viridescentia, subtus rufescentia ; tibice posticcK 

 purpurascentes ; alee antiece cinerece,fasciis plurimis indelerminatis 

 e venisfuscis, villa postica testacea. 



Male. Brown, stout, pale greenish beneath. Head smooth, dingy 

 green about the eyes; tip of the vertex and front thinly punctured, 

 the former subfusiform ; keels very slight; inner keels disappearing 

 towards the face. Eyes ferruginous, subelliptical, much rounded on the 

 hind side. Antenna? tawny. Prothorax finely scabrous; disk flat, with 

 three distinct keels ; lateral keels slightly curved outward, each accom- 

 panied by a tawny stripe; two greenish patches on each side; fore border 

 nearly straight; sides and hind border much rounded. Prosternal spine 

 thick, slightly transverse, rounded at the tip. Hind femora pale dingy 

 green, very broad, longer than the abdomen, with a reddish tinge beneath. 

 Hind tibia3 purplish, shorter than the hind femora, their spines with black 

 tips. Fore wings pale cinereous, nearly as long as the body, with many 

 irregular or interrupted bands which are formed by brown veins ; a testa- 

 ceous stripe near the hind border. Hind wings pellucid ; veins whitish, 

 black towards the tips. Length of the body 11 lines; expansion of the 

 fore wings 21 lines. 



a. S. Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



47. CALOPTENUS QDADBA.TUS. 



Mas. Testaceus, gracilis ; caput nigro sex-vittatum ; antennae picece, 

 basi pallide testacea ; prolhorax sublililer punctalus, vix carinatus, 

 postice latescens, maculis duabus lateralibus viridibus magnis 

 quadralis nigro marginatis ; prosterni spina crassa, elongala, apice 

 rotundata ; femora postica utrinque nigro late strigata ; alee antiece 

 cinerece, corpori cequilongce, striga discoidali nigricante interrupta, 

 venulis plurimis transverais nigricante marginatis. 



Male. Testaceous, slender. Head short, smooth, with three black 

 stripes on each side between the eye and the hind border; tip of the vertex 

 convex, subhexagonal ; front punctured, with four slight keels ; inner keels 

 parallel ; outer keels diverging slightly towards the face. Eyes tawny, 

 oblique, elongate-elliptical. Antenna piceous, pale testaceous for a little 

 more than one-third of the length from the base. Prothorax widening 

 hindward, thickly and minutely punctured, with a large quadrate greenish 

 black-bordered spot on each side, with two smooth calli on each side, with 

 an extremely slight keel, and with slight transverse impressed lines; fore 

 border nearly straight ; sides rounded in the middle, oblique in front ; hind 



