764 CATALOGUE OF 



blackish costal streak. Var. (3. Paler. Hind femora without markings, 

 except two blackish patches on the inner side. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 12 lines. 



The more elongated hind border of the prothorax distinguish it from 

 other Stenobolhri. 



o, b. Cape. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq. 



62. STENOBOTHRUS CAPENSTS. 



Mas. Ferrugineus ; vertex fulvo univittatus, fastigii sulcis lateralibus 

 vix conspicuis, fronte obliqua ; prothorax carinis tribus parallelis, 

 margins pnstico subangulato ; pedes postici rufescentes, femoribus 

 extus nigricantibus ; alee anticce fuscce ; alee posticce cinerece. 



Male. Ferruginous. Head tawny beneath and with a tawny stripe 

 on the vertex; tip of the latter convex, conical ; lateral furrows hardly 

 apparent; front punctured, oblique, with four slight diverging keels. 

 AntennaB blackish, tawny at the base, hardly longer than the prothorax. 

 Prothorax with three slight parallel keels; hind border elongated, forming 

 a rounded angle. Abdomen tawny. Hind legs reddish. Hind femora 

 somewhat longer than the abdomen ; disk on the outer side blackish. Hind 

 tibiae much shorter than the hind femora, their spines with black tips. 

 Fore wings brown. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 7 lines; 

 expansion of the fore wings 14 lines. 



The convex and broad tip of the vertex and some other characters of 

 this species differ much from the typical structure of Stenobothrus. 



a. S. Africa. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq. 



Madagascar. 

 63. STENOBOTHRUS ORNATUS. 



Mas. Viridis ; caput et prothorax testaceo bivillata ; caput longiusculum, 

 fastigii carinis lateralibus lanceolatis, fronte subobliqua; prothorax 

 earinis lateralibus sat obliquis strigisque duabus exterioribus albidis^ 

 margine postico angulato ; tibice posticce rufescentes ; al<e anticce vitta 

 discali apicibusque diaphanis^ striga discali albida fusco bimaculata ; 

 alee posticce diaphanse, roseo venosce. 



Male. Grass-green. Head and prothorax on each side with a broad 

 testaceous stripe. Head rather long; tip of the vertex depressed, nearly 

 triangular; lateral furrows lanceolate, well defined; front slightly oblique, 

 with four slight diverging keels; inner keels connected and forming the 

 usual ridge between the sockets of the antenna?. Prothorax with three 

 slight keels; lateral keels whitish, diverging unusually much hindward; a 

 whitish oblique streak on each side, continued on each side of the pectus ; 

 hind border elongated, angular. Pectus arid abdomen testaceous, the latter 

 a little longer than the hind femora. Hind tibia3 reddish, their spines with 

 black tips. Fore wings green, pellucid towards the lips and with a pellucid 

 discal stripe; this stripe contains a whitish streak, which includes two 

 brown spots. Hind wings pellucid ; veins rosy, black towards the exterior 

 border. Length of the body 9 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 18 lines. 



