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The larger size, tbe darker colour and the black head distinguish this 

 species from /. erythroeephala. It is very much larger than /. alra. 



a. Zanzibar. From Dr. Kirk's collection. 



ISCHNOPTERA HASTIFERA. 



Mas. Teslacea, fusiformis ; caput prolhoracem non superans ; antenna: 

 corpcre longiores ; prothorax nigra bivittatus, lateribus dilatatis 

 subrejlexis, margine pastico perparum rolundalo ; cerci longi ; pedes 

 graciles ; alee anticce angustce, abdomen longe superantes, villa 

 antemedia nigra lanceolala; alee poslicce pallide cinerece, apud coslam 

 sublestacece. 



Male. Testaceous, fusiform, smooth, dull. Head not extending 

 beyond the prothorax. Eyes black, wide apart. Antennae slender, setulose, 

 longer than the body. Prothorax with two rather broad black stripes ; fore 

 border hardly truncated ; sides dilated, rounded and slightly reflexed ; hind 

 border very slightly rounded. Cerci long, lanceolate. Legs slender ; femora 

 with slender spines. Wings extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore 

 wings narrow, with a black lanceolate stripe which extends in the disk from 

 the base to beyond the middle ; anal furrow distinct ; hind part of the right 

 wing cinereous. Hind wings pale cinereous, with a testaceous tinge along 

 the costa; veins pale testaceous; transverse sectors hardly numerous. 

 Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. S. Africa. Presented bv Sir A. Smith. 



IsCHNOPTERA REVERSA. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-rufa, fusiformis, subtus fulva ; oculi invicem vix 

 remoti; palpi picei, basi ferruginei ; antennm fulva, basi nigri- 

 canles ; prothorax longiusculus, bisulcatus, lateribus subrotundalis 

 subrejlexis ; cerci apice picei ; pedes sat graciles, libiis tarsisque 

 nigris, his apice rufis ; alee anticce semicoriacete, abdomen longe 

 superantes ; alee poslicce luridce. 



Male. Ferruginous-red, fusiform, smooth, shining, tawny beneath. 

 Head not extending beyond the prothorax. Eyes piceous, hardly wide 

 apart. Second and third joints of the palpi piceous. Antennae tawny, 

 a little longer than the body, blackish towards the base. Prothorax 

 narrower in front, very much longer than half its breadth ; fore border 

 truncated ; sides slightly rounded and reflexed ; hind border almost straight ; 

 two oblique furrows in the disk. Cerci stout, rather long, piceous towards 

 the tips. Legs moderately long and stout; tarsi, except their tips, tibias 

 and tips of femora black ; femora with slender spines. Wings extending 

 much beyond the abdomen. Fore wings semicoriaceous; intermediate 

 longitudinal veins distinct. Hind wings lurid. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Singapore. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



