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laterally ; supra-anal lamiiia sub-angular in the centre, he cer c 

 conchiform, broadly scooped inwardly and having there a shor 

 spine near base, and a stronger on the lower inner part of the scooped- 



FIG. 6. Xiphidion restiorum. 



out cercus ; the smaller inner tooth of the right cercus is nearer the 

 base than in the opposite side ; the sub-genital lamina is short, and 

 deeply arcuately incised. Anterior tibiae with a double, row of nine 

 spines underneath. 



From above. 



Side view. 

 FIG. 7. Xiphidion restiorum. 



From below. 



Length of body 12 mm.; of pronotum 2| mm.; of tegmina 2| mm.; 

 of hind femur 11 mm.; of hind tibia 10 mm. 



$ . Apterous, twice the size and length of <$ ; ovipositor straight, 

 longer than body. 



Hob. Cape Colony (Cape Town), J. C. Bridwell ; (Hottentot's 

 Holland), K. H. Barnard. 



