700 CATALOGUE OF 



pale cinereous towards the tips ; veins testaceous ; costa rounded near the 

 base. Hind wings pellucid; veins black, pale along the interior border. 

 Length of the body 17 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 36 lines. 

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



50. CALOPTENOS CONSCITUS. 



Mas. Ferrugineus aut fulvus, sal gracitis, subtus luteus ; caput et pro- 

 thorax niyro latissime bivitlata ; caput brevissimum, fastigio sub- 

 pentagonali ; antennas picece ; prothorax sublilissime scaber, vix 

 tricarinatus, maryine poslico subproducto subangulato nigro-strigato ; 

 prosterni spina erassa, longiuscula ; femora postica abdomini cequi- 

 longa, nigro bivitlata^ supra fulva, subtus flava viridi univitlata ; 

 tibicB posticce glaucce ; alee an tic a: cinerece, corpore paullo breviores, 

 striga subcostali nigricante. 



Male. Ferruginous or tawny, rather slender, luteous beneath. Head 

 and prothorax with two very broad black stripes, which are interrupted 

 near the fore border of the prothorax, and do not extend beyond the fourth 

 transverse line. Head smooth, very short ; tip of the vertex flat, subpenta- 

 gonal ; front thinly punctured, with four slight keels ; inner keels parallel ; 

 outer keels slightly diverging towards the face. Eyes testaceous, elongate- 

 elliptical, straight in front, much rounded on the hind side. Antennae 

 piceous. Prothorax very finely scabrous, with a very slight middle keel 

 and with hardly perceptible lateral keels ; transverse impressed lines slight; 

 fore border straight ; sides slightly rounded ; hind border with some little 

 black streaks, slightly elongated and angular. Metathorax black, and 

 with a luteous border on each side. Prosternal spine very stout, rather 

 long, not broader than thick, nor tapering towards the tip, which is rounded. 

 Hind femora as long as the abdomen, tawny above, yellow and with 

 a green stripe beneath, a broad black stripe on each side; hind tibia3 

 glaucous, rather shorter than the hind femora, their spines with black tips. 

 Wings cinereous, a little shorter than the body. Fore wings with a 

 blackish streak near the costa and extending from the base ; veins tawny ; 

 many of the transverse veinlets blackish clouded. Hind wings with black 

 veins. Length of the body 10 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 18 lines. 



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

 ef. Cape Town. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq. 



Madagascar. 



51. CALOPTENUS DECISUS. 



Mas. Ferrugineus, gracilis, subtus testaceus ; caput testaceum, longi- 

 usculum, lineolis duabus posticis nigris, strigis duabus anticis nigri- 

 cantibus, fastigio excavato fusiformi ; antenna pallidce testacece, 

 apices versus picece ; prothorax subtilissime scaber, carinis tribus bene 

 determinatis, strigis quatuor albidis quatuorgue nigricanlibus obliquis 

 lateralibus, margine postico vix angulato ; prosterni spina transversa 

 albida ; femora postica intus nigro univittata, extus viridescentia 

 albido strigata ; tibife posticce virides ; alee, antica pallide cinereee, 

 vitta maculisque exlerioribus gutlisque anterioribus fusciSj striga 

 subcostali albida. 



