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21. Phaneroptera attenuata. 



Viridis, gracillima ; oculi testacei, ftisiformes, non prjminuli ; prolhorax 

 carinis lateralibus sat bene determinatis ; pedes graciles, femorihus 

 inermibus ; alcB anlicce anguslcE,venis apud costam albh ; alee pusticce 

 diaj'hancBy apice ferruginece, apud coslce apicem viridi strigatce. 



Green, smootb, very slender. Head as broad as the prothorax, with a 

 short keel between the eyes; front slio^htly oblique. Eyes fusiform, testa- 

 ceous, not prominent. Third joint of the maxillary palpi longer than the 

 fourth, shorter than the fifth, which is subclavate. Antennae long, slender. 

 Prothorax elongate; disk flat, slightly widening hindward; fore border 

 straight; hind border slightly rounded; lateral keels moderately well 

 defined; sides almost straight. Legs long, slender; femora unarmed; 

 hind femora slightly inerassated for half ihe length from the base; four 

 anterior tibiae with two rows of very minute spines; hind tibiae with four 

 rows. Fore wings narrow, shorter by four and a half lines than the hind 

 wings; veins along the costa and scapular vein white. Hind wings 

 pellucid, green along the costa towards the tip, which is ferruginous; veins 

 pale green. Length of the body 7^ lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 28 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



22. Phaneroptera vicaria. 



Mas. Viridis^ gracilis, testaceo varia ; oculi lestacei, fusiformes, fusco 

 lineati, non prominuli ; prothorax carinis lateralibus bene deter- 

 minatis; abdominis dorsnni carinatum; cerci cylindrici, valde 

 arcuati ; cornicula duo infera lanceolata, subarcuata ; pedes graciles^ 

 femoribus inermibus ; alee anticcB angustce, tnargine poslico basifusco ; 

 alee poslicce diaphance, apud costa apicem viridi strigatce, 



Male. Green, partly testaceous, slender, smooth, shining. Head as 

 broad as the prothorax, with a forked keel between the eyes; front erect. 

 Eyes testaceous, fusiform, not prominent, with several longitudinal brown 

 lines. Prothorax elongate ; disk flat, slightly contracted in the middle; 

 lateral keels well defined; fore border hardly excavated; sides and hind 

 border slightly rounded. Abdomen keeled, as long as the thorax. Cerci 

 cylindrical, much curved ; lower appendages lanceolate, slightly curved 

 upward. Legs long, slender; femora unarmed; hind femora slightly 

 inerassated for half the length from the base; four anterior tibite with two 

 rows of minute spines; hind tibiae with four rows. Fore wings green, 

 narrow, brown between the anal vein and the hind border, shorter by two 

 and a half lines than the hind wings; areolets irregular, very numerous and 

 very small. Hind wings broad, pellucid, with the usual green streak along 

 the apical part of the cosia; veins white. Length of the body 8 lines; 

 expansion of the fore wings 30 lines, 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



