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the fact that they are in a dried condition. I give below a description 

 of the specimens. 



Head and upper part of eves black, lower part of eyes black brown. 

 Thorax above shining, jet black, below and on the sides black. Abdo- 

 men dorsally dark pitchy brown with paler irregular spots ; the 

 three terminal segments above darker and without pale spots. The 

 venter pale brown, darker at the apex. Forceps pitchy brown. Setae 

 pale brown. Legs dark brown ; femora black at the knees. Wings 

 hyaline with a faint yellowish tinge, which is very strong in the 

 pterostigmatic area and at the base of costa, subcosta and radius in 

 the forewing. The uervature dark brown. In the costal area of 

 forewiug are present ten weak cross-veins before the bulla, between 

 the bulla and the pterostisrma. 



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FIGS. 3 and 4. Atalophlebia tabnlaris, $ . a, Anal appendages of male, seen 

 from below ; 6, anal part of forewing 1 . 



GEN. TKICHOKYTHUS, Eat. 



TRICHORYTHUS, sp. 



One female specimen (subimago) collected at Smithfield, Orange 

 Free State, 1909 (Kaimemeyer leg.). 



The specimen cannot be referred to discolor, Burin., and hardly to 

 varicauda, Koll., from Upper Egypt. 



I give a short description of the specimen. 



Head and eyes black ; head pale behind the eyes. Thorax greyish 

 brown with black spot along the front and the lateral margins. 

 Abdomen above blackish grey with pale annulations. Thorax and 

 abdomen below yellowish white. Setae white. Middle and hind- 

 legs yellowish white (fore legs lost). Wings lacteus. Costa and 

 especially subcosta and radius dark grey. 



Length of body 5'5 mm. ; of wing 10 mm. 



Egg mass yellowish brown. 



