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case is only a more strongly marked form of P. radiatus. 

 The figure of ruhescens shows conformity as to the nervation 

 with radiatus. 



Palpares obsoletiis Gerstaecker. — Mitt. naturw. Verein 

 f. Neu-Vorpomm. und Riigen, p. 95, 1887 (Congo). 



P. paiicrimaculatus Stitz, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, p. 107, 

 fig. 2, 1912 (East-Africa, Mohasi Lake). 



P. hayeri Na vas, Reviie Zool. x4fric., p. 370, pl. X, fig. 4, 

 1913 (Congo, Beni). 



P. loyigicornis Navas, Ent. Zeitschr., Frankfurt, T.ste 

 Jahrg., N:o 12, 1912 (Sudan, Zungeno). 



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Fig. 3. 

 Palpares ohsoletus. Mus. Stockholm. 



I believe that this species has been misunderstood by 

 several authors. In the Stockholm Museum is present a ty- 

 pical specimen ($) from Congo (Ekblom leg.), which agrees 

 in every point with the excellent description, given by Ger- 

 staecker. The species is nearly related to P. tigris, but 

 very distinct. It has a blackish crossband above the anten- 

 nae and a longitudinal median band on the vertex, connected 

 in front with the crossband. Legs dark reddish brown, 

 bristles, tarsi, and tip of tibise black. In the forewing Rs 

 arises opposite to or a little beyond the cubital fork, in the 

 hindwing a little before. Rs forks 2 — 3 cellules from its base 

 in both pairs of the wings. The »oblique vein» is placed in 

 the middle between the cubital fork and the first cubital 

 sector. 



Palpares aegrotus Gerstaecker. — Mitt. naturw. Verein 

 f. Neu-Vorpomm. und Riigen, p. 98, 1887 (Angola, Malange). 



