CATALOGUE OF 



Africa and Arabia. 

 57. STENOBOTHRUS L^ETUS. 

 laetus, Walk. Zoul. 2302, Sept. 1870. 

 Cairo. 



58. STENOBOTHRUS LIMOSUS. 

 limosus, Walk. Zool. 2302. 



Hor Tamanib. 



59. STEXOBOTHRUS COMPTUS. 



Mas. Fulvus ; caput et thorax vittls duabus nigricanlibus postice 

 dilatatis et flaw oblique bistrigatis ; fastigium sulcis lateralibus 

 nullis ; frons perobliqua ; antennae longa, apices versus fuscce; pro- 

 thorax carinis lateralibus pallide testaceis postice deflexis, mnrgine 

 postico rolundalo ; ahdorninis latera niyro bimaculata ; femora 

 postica nigro biplagiata ; tibia posticce niyricantes, basi testaceu 

 fasciatcB ; aloe anticce nigricantes, vilta postica testacea; alee posticte 

 obscure cinerece. Var. (3. Caput luteo bivittatum, thorax slrigis 

 lateralibus nullis ; alee antica vitta nulla postica. V"ar. y. Vertex 

 et prothorax fusca,flavo bivittata. 



Male. Tawny. Head and thorax on each side with a broad blackish 

 stripe, which in the mesothorax and metaih'orax is dilated and interrupted 

 by a yellow oblique streak. Tip of the vertex concave, conical ; lateral 

 furrows obsolete ; front very oblique, with four distinct keels which diverge 

 towards the face; inner keels parallel to the outer pair, connected and 

 forming the usual ridge between the sockets of the antennae. Antennae 

 filiform, brown towards the tips, much longer than the head and the pro- 

 thorax together. Prothorax with three slight keels; the lateral pair pale 

 testaceous, diverging from the first transverse furrow to the hind border, 

 which is rounded. Pectus and abdomen yellow, the latter with two black 

 spots on each side near the base. Four anterior femora with black dots. 

 Hind femora mnch longer than the abdomen, with black tips and with two 

 blackish patches. Hind tibiae blackish, with a testaceous band near the 

 base; spines testaceous, with black tips. Fore wings blackish, with a testa- 

 ceous stripe along the hind border. Hind wings dark cinereous. Var. (3. 

 Head and prothorax tawny, luteous on each side and beneath. Head with 

 a luteous stripe on each side. Hind part of the thorax without oblique 

 streaks. Fore wings without a pale stripe on the hind border. Var. y. 

 Head and prolhorax brown above, with two yellow stripes. Length of the 

 body 7 1\ lines ; expansion of the fore wings 14 15 lines. 



a, b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



c. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcrofi's collection. 



d. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



