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patch above and with a row of black dots on the lower border of the outer 

 side ; hind tibia? red, a little shorter khan the hind femora, their spines with 

 black tips. Length of the body 8 lines. 



The wings are rudimentary in the specimen described. 



73. CALOPTENUS BASIFER. 



Foem. Testaceus, sat gracilis ; caput et prolhorax nigro bivittata ; caput 

 breviusculum, fastigio conico ; antenna apices versus picea ; pro- 

 thorax subtilissime scaber, vix tricarinalus, margine postico valde 

 rotundato ; prosterni spina cornea, robusta, longiuscula, subtrans- 

 versa; abdominis segmenta anteriora nigro fasciata ; femora postica 

 abdomine perparum breviora, supra nigro bimaculata ; tibice posticce 

 ruf(S ; alee anticce pallide cinerecs, corpore multo breviores, striga dis- 

 coidali e guttis obscurioribus fusco-venosis. 



Female. Testaceous, rather slender. Head and prothorax with two 

 black stripes which are much excavated in the prothorax and do not extend 

 beyond the fourth transverse line. Head smooth, rather short; tip of the 

 vertex flat, conical ; front with four well-defined keels ; inner keels parallel ; 

 outer keels diverging towards the face. Eyes subelliptical, much rounded 

 on the hind side. Antennae piceous towards the tips. Prothorax very finely 

 scabrous; disk nearly flat, with an extremely slight dorsal keel and with 

 hardly perceptible lateral keels; transverse impressed lines well defined; 

 fore border straight ; sides rounded ; hind border much rounded. Prosternal 

 spine conical, stout, rather long, rather broader than thick. Abdomen with 

 a broad black band on each segment for half the length from the base. 

 Hind femora nearly as long as the abdomen, with two black spots above; 

 hind tibia? red, rather shorter than the hind femora, their spines black 

 except at the base. Fore wings pale cinereous, much shorter than the 

 body; veins tawny; a streak in the disk formed by darker cinereous brown- 

 veined dots. Hind wings pellucid ; veins black, testaceous at the base and 

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

 fore wings 19 lines. 



74. CALOPTENUS REDUCTUS. 



Mas. Viridis, gracilis ; caput et prothorax vix carinata, vittis duabus 

 latis obscurioribus ; caput longiusculum, fastigio conico, fvonte 

 subretracta; prothorax subtilissime scaber, vix carinalus, disco 

 piano; prosterni spina testacea, crassa, transversa ; femora postica 

 abdomine pdullo longiora ; alee anticce pallide cinerete, corpore vix 

 breviores, villa, pallide viridi, striga anteriore fusca, guttis duabus 

 albidis. 



Male. Green, slender, shining. Head and prothorax with a broad 

 darker stripe on each side and with an extremely slight keel. Head 

 elongate, smooth; tip of the vertex flat, conical ; front slightly retracted ; 

 keels slight, slightly diverging towards the face. Eyes lurid, oblique, 

 elongate-oval. Prothorax very finely scabrous ; disk flat, with a very slight 

 keel on each side; transverse impressed lines extremely slight; fore border 



