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Genus Isclinoptera, Burm. 

 Ischnoptera australis, Sauss. 



One example with the abdomen rnissing, Australia (coli. Odern- 

 heimer). 



Genus Loboptera, Br. 

 Loboptera bergeri, sp. n. 



9- Piceous. Head eastaneous, antennae fuscous. Lateral inargins 

 of pronotum with a hyaline fascia, failing to reach the posterior margin. 

 Tegmina with outer margin hyaline ; broader than long, with faint indi- 

 eations of the venation, the apex of tlie marginal area truncate, the 

 apex of the uiscoidal area rounded. Metanotum with a large quadrate 

 hyaline macula on each side of the middle line anteriorly. Dorsal 

 abdominal tergites 3—7 each with a lateral hyaline spot, the spots on 

 the 5 th tergite minute, the 7 th tergite' with a pair of central spots also. 

 Supra-anal lamina triangulär, apex emarginate, its disc testaceo-hyaline. 

 Cerci testaceous except at the base. A very sparse minute pubescence 

 on the abdomen and coxae. Abdomen beneath eastaneous, a lateral 

 hyaline spot on sternites 2 and 3. Sub genital lamina semi-orbicular, 

 aniple. Legs testaceous, the bases of the coxae and tibiae, the apices 

 of the femora and tibiae, eastaneous. [Front legs rnissing.] 



Total length 11 mm; tegmina 1,8 mm x 2 mm; pronotum 3 mm 

 X 4 mm. 



Rietmond, Gibeon, German S. W. Africa (coli. C. Berger). One 

 specinien. 



Distinguished by the form of the tegmina, which are intermediate 

 in shape between the squamiform Loboptera-type and the quadrate 

 T e m n p t e r y x - type. 



Genus Paraloboptera, Sauss. 



Paraloboptera weileri, sp. n. 



<3*. Fusco-castaneous. Basal joints of antennae and the mouth-parts 

 testaceous. Head rufo- eastaneous. Pronotum laterally bordered with 

 rufo-testaeeous. Tegmina rufo -testaceous. Metanotum with a curved 

 transverse testaceous band. Abdomen beneath with the disc rufous, 

 laterally dark eastaneous. Supra-anal lamina triangulär. Sub -genital 

 lamina asymmetrical, apex slightly produced, a pair of small styles. 

 [Cerci mutilated] — Legs testaceous. 



