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Female. Pale green. Body mostly testaceous or liUeous. Head a 

 little narrower than the fore border of the prolhorax ; keel of tlie vertex 

 whitish, lanceolate, furrowed, a little narrower than the basal joint of the 

 auienuce; front whitish on the fore part, conical between the antennae, 

 whose sockets have an elevated border in front: labrum whitish. Ejes 

 reddish, elliptical, very prominent, with several black stripes between a 

 black basal ringlet. Disk of the prothorax flat, with two transverse im- 

 pressed lines and with a posterior slender black band ; second transverse 

 line deeply angular; lateral keels hardly defined; fore border nearly 

 straight; sides with a somewhat conical outline; hind border rounded. 

 Mesosternum and melasternum slightly notched. Oviduct hardly one- 

 fourth of the length of the abdomen. Legs long, slender ; spines minute ; 

 hind femora full half the length of the fore wings; hind tibiae quadri- 

 lateral, the lowest side very narrow. Fore wings rather broad, very minutely 

 reticulated ; larger areoleis irregular, very slightly marked ; interno- 

 medial vein and forks of the branch of the externo-medial vein somewhat 

 undulating; cosla much rounded; interior border straight, forming a 

 rounded and obtuse angle near tiie tip, where the wing is thus obliquely 

 truncated. Hind wings pellucid, longer by one line and a half than the 

 fore wings; apical patch pale green ; veins greenish white. Length of the 

 body 15 lines; expansion of the fore wings 62 lines. 

 a. Gambia. From Mr. Kendall's collection. 



14. Phylloptera natalensis. 

 Foem. Viridis, ex parte testacea aut lutea ; verticis carina lanceolaia, 

 sulcata, antennarum articulo lo angustior ; prothorax linea longi- 

 tudinali lineisque tribus transversis impressis, carinis laleralihus sub- 

 deter minatis, lateribus fere rectis, margine postico subrotundato ; cerci 

 recti, lanceolati; femora postica alarum anticarum dimidio longiora; 

 al(B aquilongce ; alee anticcE angusta, costa subconvexa, margine 

 interiore fere recto ; alee posticcB diaphance, striga apicali lata 

 viridi. 

 Female. Green, smooth, partly testaceous or luleous. Head as broad 

 as the fore border of the prothorax ; keel of the vertex lanceolate, furrowed, 

 rather narrower than the first joint of the antennce; elongation of the front 

 between the antennae lanceolate; sockets of the antennae bordered by a 

 rim. Eyes tawny, elliptical, prominent. Disk of the prothorax flat, 

 widening hindward; one longitudinal and three transverse lines slightly 

 impressed, the second of the latter acutely angular; lateral keels slightly 

 defined; fore border slightly excavated; sides nearly straight; hind border 

 slightly rounded. Mesosternum and metasternum rather deeply notched. 

 Cerci straight, lanceolate. Oviduct about one-fourth of the length of 

 the abdomen. Hind femora about two-thirds of the length of the 

 fore wings. Fore wings narrow, as long as the hind wings, minutely 

 reticulated, broadest beyond the middle; larger areolets irregular; costa 

 slightly round ; interior border nearly straight. Hind wings pellucid ; 

 apical patch green; veins pale green. Length of the body 10^ lines; 

 expansion of the fore wings 29 lines. 



The fore wings of P. Cereris are longer than the hind wings, which 

 character distinguishes it from this species. 

 a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



