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55. STENOBOTHRUS ARCTATUS. 



Viridis ; capul et prothorax vittis duabus latis nigricantibus ; fastigium 

 longi-conicum, sitlcis lateratibus fere lineuribus, fronts perobliqua ; 

 antenncegraciles,Jiliformes ; prothorax carinis lateratibus albisjlexis, 

 margine postico rotundato ; femora pontica fascia sulapicali pullida ; 

 libice posticce basi nigricantes et flaw unifascialce ; alee anlicce fusc<t y 

 villa poslica lanceolala viridi, margine posiico exteriore cinereo ; al<e 

 posticce cinerece, apice fuscescentes, striga costali uigra. 



Grass-green, testaceous beneath. Head and prothorax on each side 

 with a broad blackish stripe which is partly on the inner side of the stripes 

 of the prothorax towards the hind border. Tip of the vertex flat, el<>ngate- 

 conical ; furrow on each side nearly linear; front very oblique, with four 

 slight diverging keels; inner keels connected and forming a ridge between 

 the sockets of the antennae. Antennae slender, filiform. Prothorax with 

 three very slight keels ; lateral keels white, slightly converging from the 

 fore border to the first transverse furrow, diverging from thence to the hind 

 border, which is rounded. Legs testaceous. Hind femora with a paler 

 baud near the tips, which are blackish. Hind tibiae blackish towards the 

 base, near which there is a pale yellow band. Fore wings brown, with a 

 grass-green lanceolate stripe along the hind border; exlerior part of the 

 latter cinereous. Hind wings cinereous, brownish about the tips, with a 

 black costal streak; veins black, testaceous at the base and along the 

 interior border. Length of the body 8 ? lines ; expansion of the fore wings 

 15 lines. 



The abdomen of the specimen described is mutilated. The converging 

 lateral keels of the prothorax distinguish it from S. conciunulus and from 

 S. rugulosus. 



o. Honduras. From Mr. Miller's collection. 



56. STENOBOTHRUS VIRIDISSIMUS. 



Foem. Prasinus ; caput et prothorax lineis duabus albidis fusco sub- 

 marginatis ; prothorax carinis lateralibus subarcualis, margine 

 postico rotundato; abdomen pallide testaceum ; al< anticce pallide 

 rosece, vitta costali viridi ianceolata ; alee posticce diaphance. 



Female. Vivid grass-green. Head and prothorax on each side with 

 a whitish slightly brown-bordered line. Head with a linear and very 

 narrow furrow on each side of the tip of the vertex; front with four slight 

 diverging keels, the inner pair nearly contiguous where they join the tip of 

 the vertex. Prothorax with three very slight keels; the lateral pair very 

 slightly curved inward, bearing the lines before mentioned; hind border 

 rounded. Abdomen pale testaceous, a little shorter than the hind femora. 

 Hind tibiae shorter than the abdomen, their spines with black tips. Fore 

 wings pale rose-colour, this hue diminishing towards the tip ; a green 

 lanceolate costal stripe which does not extend to the tip ; costa rounded 

 near the base. Hind wings pellucid ; veins black. Length of the body 

 9 lines; expansion of the fore wings 14 lines. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



