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213. NoMiA EUFivENTRis. Female. — Black, with whitish pubes- 

 cence. Antennae dark red. Abdomen red. Legs thickly clothed 

 with yellowish hairs ; tibiae and tarsi red. Wings cinereous ; veins 

 black, testaceous at the base ; stigma lurid. Length of the body 

 2i lines. 



Tajura. 



214. NoMiA FEMORALis. Male. — Black, with hoary pubescence. 

 Front with shining white pubescence, including a transverse yellow 

 spot in the disk. Antennae tawny beneath, except at the base. 

 Abdomen with two narrow bands and the tip chalybeous ; under side 

 thickly clothed with shining hoary hairs. Tarsi testaceous ; hind 

 femora much incrassated, red towards the tips ; four anterior tibiae 

 striped with red ; bind tibiae red. Wings cinereous ; veins and 

 stigma black, the former tawny at the base. Length of the body 

 3^ lines. 



The clothing and markings distinguish it from N. crudelis, Westw., 

 a Cape species. 



Dahleck. 



215. NoMrA AMPLA. Female. — Black, broad, with white pubes- 

 cence. Antennae red beneath, excepting the first and second joints. 

 Tegulae white, very large, with a blackish patch on the inner side. 

 Abdomen with white bands. Legs with cinereous hairs. Wings 

 cinereous ; veins black, testaceous at the base ; stigma piceous. 

 Length of the body 5 lines. 



Most allied to N. difformis, an inhabitant of Dalmatia and of the 

 Crimea. 



Tajura. 



216. NoMiA scRiPTiFRONS. Female. — Black, thickly and minutely 

 punctured, with cinereous pubescence. Front with a broadly U-shaped 

 white mark. Antennae red beneath, except the first and second 

 joints. Scutellum with a white spot on each side and a white hind 

 border. Abdomen with a chalybeous band, which is clothed with 

 cinereous pubescence on the hind border of each segment ; under 

 side piceous. Legs hairy ; tibiae and tarsi tawny. Wings pellucid ; 

 veins tawny ; stigma testaceous. Length of the body 4 lines. 



It may be the female of N. cinerascens, Westic, a Natal species. 



Massowah. 



217. NoMiA EBURNEiFRONS. Female. — Black, thickly and 

 minutely punctured, with hoary pubescence. Head yellowish white 



