40 CATAT.OGITE OF 



sulti/isxhne piinclalus, hitcrlhus riift'scnnlibuii, wargine postico v!x 

 angulalo ; abdomen a/iice iulcgrum ; genua ferriiginea ; alee nnticcB 

 fn'ruf/inece ; a/a: jio^lica; nicjricanle cinerecc, area anali cinerea. 

 Vav. /3. — Pfolhiirax ferruyineus. 



Female. Black, elongate-oval. Head red, very thinly punctured, 

 extending somewhat beyond ihi- pnithorax ; abroad irregular black band 

 between the eyes, dilated towards the vertex. Eyes black or tawny. Falpi 

 black. Antennae black, setose, much shorter than tlie body. Prothorax 

 soniewliat parabolic, dull, pilose, very minutely punctured, truncated in 

 front, reddish and much rounded on each side; hind border hardly angular. 

 Abdomen piceous-black, much broader than the thorax; subanal lamina 

 entire. Cerci lanceolate. Legs stout; knees tawny; tibiaj with robust 

 spines. Fore wings ferruginous, narrow, coriaceous; transverse sectors 

 numerous, regular; costa slightly rounded towards the base. Hind wings 

 blackish brown; vitreous area and anal area cinereous, hyaline; veins 

 black; discoidal space very narrow, with several oblique branches pro- 

 ceeding from the humeral vein and with a few transverse svcUms towards 

 the tip; anal area with some regular transverse sectors and with distinct 

 intermediate longitudinal veins, which are abbreviated towards the base. 

 Var. /3. — Prothorax ferruginous. Length of the body (J — 7 lines; of the 

 wings 11 — 14 lines. 



a. Interior of South Africa. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



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



c. (1. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



12. Nauphceta signifrons. 



Mas. Nigra, fusifonnis, dense et subliliter punctata ; caput prnthoraceni 

 .sat svperans, fascia frontali interrupla margineque anlico luteis ; 

 oculi pallidi, invivcm renioti ; prothorax subconicus, fulvo mar- 

 ginalus, margine postico perparum roiundato ; abdomen apicc in- 

 tegrum, segnienlis venlralibus rufescente marginatis ; pedes picei, 

 Iruchanteribus lestaceis ; ala antica dexlra nigro-cinerea,apud coslam 

 ferruginca ; a/a sinistra ferruginea, subcoriacea. 



Male. - Black, fusiform, shining, thickly and minutely punctured. 

 Head extending somewhat beyond the prothorax, with an interrupted 

 luteous band between the eyes and the sockets of the antennae; fore border 

 luteous. Eyes pale, wide apart. Palpi pice(uis. Antennoe black, 

 setulose. Prothorax narrowly tawny-bordered, a little narrower in 

 front, rounded but not dilated on each side ; fore border not trun- 

 cated; hind border very slightly rounded. Abdomen entire at the 

 tip; bind borders of the ventral segments reddish. Legs piceous, stout ; 

 trochanters testaceous; tibia? with stout spines. Wings extending some- 

 what beyond the abdomen. Fore wings ferruginous; left wing somewhat 

 coriaceous; right wing with the discoidal area and the anal area blackish 

 cinereous; transverse sectors numerous, regular. Hind wings blackish 

 cinereous. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



