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XlPHOCERA VITTIFERA. 



Foem. Nigra ; caput ct prothorax luteo quadrivittata ; caput prothorace 



paullo brevius,fo,stigio truncato, f 'route perobiiqua luteo quadrivittata ; 



antenna capiti et prot/wraci ad ununi aquilonga ; prothorax luteo 



quadristrigalus ; femora postica luteo biviltata, corpore paullo 



breviora ; alee anlicce luteo bivittata, corpore paullo longiores ; ala 



postica rosea, apices versus nigra. 



Female. Black, slender. Head and prothorax hardly scabrous, with 



four luteous stripes, the outer stripes interrupted by the eyes, connected 



with the inner stripes on the tip of the vertex. Head a little shorter than 



the prothorax; tip of the vertex truueate-conical ; front very oblique, with 



two luteous stripes and with four slight keels ; inner keels nearly 



contiguous; outer keels diverging. Eyes ferruginous, elliptical, not 



prominent. Antennas flat, slightly tapering, as long as the head and the 



prothorax together. Prothorax with two luteous streaks on each side 



between the outer and inner stripe and with a very slight keel ; fore border 



and sides straight; hind border rounded. Hind femora a little shorter than 



the body, with two luteous stripes on the outer side; hind tibia? a little 



shorter than the hind femora, their spines small. Fore wings a little 



longer than the body, with two luteous stripes. Hind wings rosy, black 



about the tips. Length of the body 10 lines; expansion of the fore wings 



24 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



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 Genus XIPHOPHORA. 

 Xiphophora, Sauss. Rev. Zool. Ser. 2, xi. 391. 



1. Xiphophora Americana. 



Americana, Sauss. Rev. Zool. Ser. 2, xi. 391. 



Guyana. 



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Genus TROPINOTUS. 



The longer hind legs distinguish the structure of the American species 

 from that of the Australian species. 



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Akicera lineosa. 



Mas. Cinerea ; fastigium longum, nigro marginatum, antice incisum ; 

 frons fulva, nigro guttata; prothorax tuberculatus, albido bilineatus, 

 crista serrata, margine postico angulato bidentalo ; venter testaceus ; 

 femora postica supra uni seriatim spinosa, subtus bispinosa ; ala 

 antica corpore paullo breviores ; ala postica pallide cinerea, antice 

 obscuriores nigro venosa. 



Male. Dark, cinereous. Vertex of the head elongated, depressed, 

 bordered with black on each side, rounded and notched on the fore border; 

 front tawny, erect, with some black dots, and with four well-defined 



