250 CATALOGUE OF 



oblique. Eyes elliptical, slicjhtly prominent. Third joint of the maxillary 

 palpi a little shorter than the lounh; tifth subclavate, much lono^er than 

 the fourth. Antenna) slender. Prolhorax with two indistinct transverse 

 furrows, narrower and elongated hindward ; deflexed sides much dilated 

 and rounded in front; bind border rounded. Le^s stout; four anterior 

 tibiae with five short spines on each side; hind tibiae with four rows of 

 minute spines, most of which are in the two upper rows. Wings shorter 

 than the abdomen. 



1. Palotta inoknata. 



Mas. Testacea^ rufo conspersa ; ch/peus nigricante plagiatus ; prolhorax 

 callis duobus longis non conspemis ; alee f err uginecB. 



Male. Testaceous. Prothorax and head towards the mouth with 

 red speckles. Clypeus and labium with a blackish disk. Eyes piceous. 

 Prothorax with a large elongated unspeckled callus on each side. Hind 

 femora with transverse darker streaks on the outer side. Wings ferruginous. 

 Length of the body 7^ lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Genus 50. NEDUBA. 



Mas. Corpus breviusculura. Caput antiee nitens, protborace angus- 

 tius, covnu antico porrecto brevi conico; frons non retracta. Oculi parvi, 

 rotundi, non globosi. Palpi maxillares breviusculi; arliculi 3us et 4us 

 aequales ; 6us clavatus, oblique iruncatus, 4o longior. Antennae longse, 

 graciles. Prothorax carinatus, antiee contractus, postice dilatatns, carinis 

 lateralibus bene determiuatis, margine postico valde rotuudato. Abdomen 

 breve, angustum. Pedes quaiuor anteriores breviusculi; tibiis iriseriatim 

 spinosis. Pedes postici longi, femoribus dimidio basali incrassatis et 

 spinosis, tibiis quadriseriatim spinosis. Alae minimae. 



Male. Body rather short. Head shining in front and on each side, 

 narrower than the prothorax, with a short porrect conical protuberance 

 between the antennfe ; front erect. Eyes small, round, slightly prominent. 

 Palpi rather short; third and fourth joints of the ma.xillary of equal 

 length ; fifth clavate, obliquely truncated, longer than the fourth. Antennae 

 long, slender. Prothorax keeled; ihe dorsal part contracted near the fore 

 border and from thence enlarged to the hind border, which is much 

 rounded; deflexed part on each side shining, much rounded in front, 

 attenuated and lanceolated hindward. Abdomen much narrower but not 

 longer than the prothorax. Four anterior legs rather short; hind legs 

 long ; hind femora incrassated for half the length from the base and there 

 beset above with three or four rows of minute incumbent spines; four 

 anterior tibiae with seven small spines on each side; fore tibiae with one 

 spine above; middle tibiae with three spines above; hind tibia) with 

 numerous spines in two rows and with a few in two other rows. Wings 

 rudimentary. 



