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Sect. 4. 



25. ISCHNOPTERA ERYTHROCEPHALA. 



BJatta erytlirocephala, Fahr. Ent. Syat. ii. 7 — Blatta capeusis ? Thunb. 

 Nov. Sp. 4, 77. Fabr. Ent. Si/st. ii. 8. Oliv. Enc. iv. 316. Serv. 

 Hist. Orth. 93 — Perispliaeria veiiicalis ? Burin. Handb. Ent.,\i. 486 — 

 Ischnoptera eryihrocephalH, Savss. Rev. Zool. xvi. 314 — Peiisphaeria 

 erythrocephala, Burm. Handb, Ent. ii. 486. 



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



b, c. South Africa. Presented by R. Triraen, Esq. 



d—f. Cape. 



ff. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Salmon's collection. 



26. Ischnoptera similis. 

 similis, Sams, Rev. Zool. xvi. 314. 



South Africa. 



27. ISCHNOPTEBA JUNECA. 



Ichnoptera juneca, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xvi. 314. 



a. South Africa. Presented by R. Trimen, Esq. 



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



28. Ischnoptera dimidiata. 



Mas. Nigra, longi-fusiformis ; caput prothoracem perpaullo superanles, 

 margine antico fulvo ; oculi invicem late disjuncti ; prothorax 

 bifoveolatus, laleribus re/lexis, margine postico subrotundato ; venter 

 testaceus, apice niger ; pedes testacei, lonyiusrvli ; alceantica luridce, 

 svbcoriacecE, abdomen longe superantes, villa subcostali nigricante 

 abbreviata basi dilatata, costa ferruginea ; ala posticce cinerece, fulvo 

 venosce. 



Male. Black, elongjate-fusiform, smooth, shining;. Head extending 

 very little beyond ihe prothorax ; fore border and sockets of the anteunae 

 tawny. Eyes pale reridish, wide apart. Palpi tawny. Anlennee piceous, 

 minutely setulose. Prothorax much narrower in front, with an oblique 

 furrow on each side in the disk and an exterior f;;roove alonpf each side; 

 fore border truncated ; sides rounded, reflexed ; hind border slightly 

 rounded. Abdomen testaceous beneath, except towards the lip. Styles 

 lawny. Cerci piceous. Legs testaceous, slender, rather lonjr, femora with 

 slender spines. Wirgs extending much beyond the ab<lomen. Fore wings 

 lurid, somewhat coriaceous, with a blackish stripe which extends along the 

 humeral vein to somewhat beyond the middle, and occupies the basal part 

 of the costal area, which elsewhere is ferruginous; anal furrow slight. 

 Hind wings cinereous; veins lawny. Length of the body H lines; of the 

 wiugs 26 lines. 



«. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



