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long as the three following joints united, a little shorter than 

 the fifth. Spiirs straight and as long as first, second and 

 third tarsal joint united. Wings long and narrow. The 

 longitudinal nervures blackish and whitish. Cross veins either 

 totally whitish (in some parts of the wings), or totally blackish, 

 or partly whitish and blackish. Pterostigma yellowish red, 

 in the forewing with a large blackish spöt at the base. In 

 the forewing the series of gradate veins and the obhque veins 

 at the end of i ^ are faintly shaded; the radial plicate line 

 slightly indicated, the intercubital one more distinct. Length 

 of abdomen 34 mm; that of forewing 27 mm and that of 

 hindwing 24,5 mm. 



One male, Shilomane, Transvaal, 8. IX. 1899 (Junod leg.), 

 in my collection. 



I dedicate this species to my friend and colleague D:r 

 Ris, Rheinau. 



Formicaleo majuugaleiisis nov. spec. — Head clear 

 yellowish. Maxillar and labial palpi whitish yellow; the apical 



Fig. 10. 

 Formicaleo maj ung alens is. JMus. Stockholm. 



joint of the latter with a blackish brown band before the 

 acute tip. Below the antennae a shining blackish cross streak, 

 which does not reach the margins of the eyes. Above the 

 antennae, which are löst, a dull blackish crossband, and above 

 this band a row of six blackish spöts, placed three and three. 

 The hind part of the head with several irregular blackish 

 brown spöts. Prothorax as broad as long, påle chocolate- 

 brown with a paler indistinct longitudinal median band and 

 with another irregular påle band at each side. The side 

 margins of prothorax with long white bristles. Meso- and 

 metathorax darker than the prothorax. Abdomen whitish 

 yellow, with a narrow, abrupted and irregular brownish streak 



