704 CATALOGUE OF 



long ; tip of the vertex punctured, transversely subelliptical, extremely 

 slightly keeled ; front testaceous, minutely punctured ; keels distinct ; 

 inner keels parallel ; outer keels diverging slightly towards the face. Eyes 

 ferruginous, elliptical. Antennas slender, pale testaceous above. Prothorax 

 finely punctured, with an extremely slight middle keel and with hardly 

 perceptible lateral keels; transverse impressed lines slight; fore border and 

 sides slightly rounded ; hind border much rounded. Prosternal spine very 

 thick, not attenuated towards the tip, which is slightly truncated. Hind 

 femora nearly as long as the abdomen, with a black stripe on each side and 

 with another beneath ; hind tibiae pale red, rather shorter than the hind 

 femora ; spines whitish, with black tips. Fore wings cinereous, tawny 

 towards the base, shorter than the body, with very numerous brown 

 speckles. Hind wings pellucid, purplish rosy towards the base; veins 

 black. Length of the body 12 15 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 2229 lines. 



a, b. N. Bengal. From Lieut.-Campbell's collection. 



56. CALOPTENUS SCUTIFER. 



Fccm. Testaceiis, crassus ; caput convexum, breve, fastigio piano longi- 

 conico ; prothorax tuberculatus, subcarinatus, maryine postico valde 

 producto ; prosterni spina transversa, pallide testacea ; femora postica 

 latissima, abdomine breviora ; tibice postica pallide flava. 



Female. Testaceous, very thick. Head convex, smooth, short; tip 

 of the vertex flat, elongate-conical ; front thinly and largely punctured ; 

 the lour keels very slight, diverging towards the face. Eyes oval, 

 not oblique. Antennae short, slender. Prothorax tuberculate, with a very 

 slight keel, and with the usual four transverse impressed lines ; fore 

 border very slightly rounded; sides much rounded; hind border much 

 elongated, forming a cone. Prosternal spine pale testaceous, transverse, 

 thin, not tapering towards the tip, which is rounded. Hind femora very 

 broad and thick, shorter than the abdomen ; hind tibia? pale yellow, much 

 shorter than the abdomen ; spines black, short, pale yellow at the base. 

 Wings a little shorter than the abdomen. Length of the body 14 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 18 lines. 



It is uncertain whether the hind wings of this species are wholly cine- 

 reous or are rosy at the base. 



a. S. Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



57. CALOPTENUS SINENSIS. 



Mas. Fulvus, gracilis ; caput breve, fastigio subpentagonali ; antenna 

 pallide lestaceee, apice nigricantes ; prothorax carinatus, subtiliter 

 scaber, margine postico producto angulato ; prosterni spina, conica, 

 brevis, crassa, sublransversa ; femora postica albida, abdomine 

 longiora, extus rufescente strigata nigro punctata, intus rufa nolata ; 

 tibicB postica rvfce ; alee anticce cinereee, corpore breviores, maculis 

 nonnullis indeterminatis e venis fulvo marginatis ; alee postica dia- 

 phana, apice fusccscentes. 



