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A D D E N 13 A . 



Fam. POLYPHAGID^, page 13. 



Genus POLYPHAGA, page 13. 



Pohjphaga includes two widely different forms, Hclerogamia and 

 Homeogamia. The following species belongs to the second section, which 

 is more nearly allied to Ergaida than it is to the first section. It may be 

 distinguished from Ergaula by the angles of ihe prothorax, which are not 

 elongated. 



PoLYPHAGA SILPHOIDES. 



Foem. Picea, lata, elliplica, opaca, puhescens, dense punctata ; caput 

 nigrum, Jlavo fasciatum ; prothorax fere semicircularis, caput 

 superans, lateribus margineque antico selosis, margine postico vix 

 rotundato ; lamina supra-analis incisa ; femora setosa ; alcB anticce 

 coriacece, abdomen sat superantes ; alee posticce luridce, semi cor iacece, 

 abdomen non superantes. 



Female. Piceous, broad, elliptical, convex, dull, pubescent, thickly 

 and minutely punctured. Head black, shining, with a pale yellow band 

 near the fore border. Eyes livid, wide apart. Prothorax extending some- 

 what beyond the head, as long as half its breadth, almost semicircular; 

 sides and fore border setose, the latter not truncated; hind border hardly 

 rounded. Supra-anal lamina notched. Cerci long, lanceolate. Legs 

 thick, shining; femora setose ; tibiae with long stout spines. Fore wings 

 coriaceous, extending somewhat beyond the abdomen ; costa rounded ; 

 rii^hl wings with a furrow for the reception of the hind border of the left 

 wing; covered part shining, semicoriaceous. Hind wings lurid, semi- 

 coriaceous, not extending beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 

 11 lines; of the wings 21 lines. 



Cambodia. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Fam. PANESTHID^, page 20. 



Genus PANESTHIA, page 20. 



Panesthia portentosa. 



Hormelica portentosa, Schaum, Peters' Reise Mossamb. Zool. 1 1 1. pi. 7. f. 3. 



Mozambique. 



