566 CATALOGUE OP 



Megasoma acuminata. 



Mas. JRufescens, crassa ; palpi brevissimi ; antenna late pec- 

 tinatce ; pedes pilosissimi ; ales antica angusta, acuta, guttis 

 discalibus strigaque subapicali lata nigris ; postica brevissima, 

 costa valde dilatata, vitta subtus costali. 



Male. Reddish. Body very stout. Palpi very short. An- 

 tennae broadly pectinated. Abdomen extending beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft elongate. Legs densely pilose. Fore wings 

 narrow, acute, with some black dots in the disk, and with a broad 

 black subapical streak ; exterior border hardly convex, extremely 

 oblique. Hind wings very short ; costa much dilated ; under side 

 with a broad black costal stripe. Length of the body 8 lines; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Megasoma directa. 



Fcem. Cinereo-ferruginea ; palpi rostriformes ; antenna sub- 

 pectinatce ; pedes validly pilosi ; alee anticce lata, apice sub- 

 rotundata, lineis tribus obliquis, la 2aque nigricantibus, 3a 

 fuscescente abbreviata, puncto discali nigricante; posticce 

 linea nigricante obliqua undulata. 



Female. Ferruginous, tinged with cinereous. Palpi rostriform, 

 very prominent. Antennae slightly pectinated. Abdomen extend- 

 ing rather beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, moderately pilose. 

 Wings broad, moderately long. Fore wings slightly rounded at the 

 tips, with three oblique lines ; first and second lines blackish ; second 

 straight, more distinct than the first; third brownish, near the ex- 

 terior border, abbreviated at each end ; a blackish point in the 

 disk between the first and second lines ; exterior border hardly con- 

 vex, moderately oblique. Hind wings more reddish than the fore 

 wings, with a blackish oblique undulating line. Length of the body 

 11 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



Megasoma rubida. 



Mas. Saturate rufa ; palpi subrostriformes ; antennce Jlavescentes , 

 late pectinatce ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; pedes 

 dense pilosi ; alee lata, fimbria albo punctata ; anticce vix 

 acuta. 



