g. Tt'iitli iiliddiniiial sc'{,aiu'iit ui.' the same type us in MKcidiiloxmim nml in 

 Temnora fuiiebris, scit«la, etc. ; the tergite ami sternite of nearly the same length, 

 the sternite the broader, acuminate, slightly curved, long, boat-shaped. ( 'laspei- 

 witli four large truncate friction-scales over a groove ; harjje (PI. IL. f. 34) 

 ending in a short and narrow process. Penis-sheath (PI. LVl. f. 14) armed in 

 a similar way as in some species of Tem/ioni, there being a left, semi-detached, 

 densely dentate process or ridge, and a free right process which is pointed and 

 bears few teeth ; within the sheath there is a dense bundle of rrr>/ long spines, 

 homologous to the spines found in Temnora. 



Early stages not known. 



Hal). Aethiopian Region. 



One species. 



A connecting link betwesn '/'cDU/ora and }f(irroiiIoss)im, agreeing witli the 

 latter in many resjiects, bnt differing markedly in the spines of tlie abdomen, the 

 anal tuft, the hindtarsus, etc. 



•>."):. Atemnora westermanni. 



* Mwrofilosm wi's/ermanni Boisduval, I.e. p. 355. n. 38 (1875) (Guinea; — coll. Charles Oberthiir). 

 * Macrofilnssta falkemteini Dewitz, Milth. Miiivh. Eiit. Ver. iii. p. 23. t. 1. f. 1 (187'.>) (Chinchoxo ; — 



Mus. Berlin) : HoU., Trans. Aniei: Kiit. tii>c. xvi. p. 50. n. 2 (1889) (Kangwr) : Kirby, Cat. 



Lep. llet. i. p. r,33. n. 63 (189-') ; Schaus & Clem., Sierra Leone Lcp. p. 17 (1893). 

 Ailldjiici wesiermaiiiii, Kirby. I.e. p. 035. n. (189'2). 



cJ ? . A widely distributed species, which does not seem to vary geographically. 

 It is easily recognised by its Macroglossum-Wke apjiearance, csjiecially by the pointed 

 jialpus, the yellow-spotted abdomen and the strong abdominal spines. 



Ilab. Sierra Leone to Angola, eastwards to the coast of German East Africa ; 

 Madagascar ; probably all over the Aethiopian Region, e.\cept the sontiiern parts 

 of (Jape t'olony. 



In the Tring Museum 22 S S, !' ? ? from : Sierra Leone, viii. ; (toKI Coast ; 

 Cameroons : Bopoto and Yakusu, (Jongo, viii (K. Smitii) : Angola, iv. ; Bale 

 d'Antongil, Madagascar, iii. iv. (Mocquerys). 



CL. MACROGLOSSUM.— Typns : .•^frllatar^nn. 



Sjjhhu Linnc, ^V/■^■^ .V"'. ed. .x. p. 480 (1758) (partim : type : ocillala). 

 Se.nii FabriciiiR, .S//*/. /-'nl. p. 547 (1775) (partim ; type : tantalus}. 

 MaeroejluxsHii, Scopoli, Intr. Hisl. Xat. p. 414 (1777) (type : slellatarnm). 

 Macroglossa Ochsenheimer, Srhm. Eur. iv. p. 41 (181(')) (partim ; includes .ileUataium). 

 Ilemaris Dalman, Kongl. Vet. A!.: Ilamll. p. 207 (181C)) (partim : includes .^teUatarKin). 

 Maerognssiini (!), Latreille, in Nohv. Diet. Hist. Xat. xxxi. p. 105 (1819). 

 Puithi/ros Hiibner, Ver.:. bek. Sclim. p. 131 (182'J) (partim ; type : .ifellatariim). 

 Rhumpho^chisma Wallengi-en, Oefe. Vet. Ak. FUrli. xv. p. 130 (1858) (type : tmehihis). 

 Bambi/Iia Kirby, Cat. Lfp. Het. i. p. 629 (1892) (sub syn. ; type : stelhttarum). 



c??. Genal process very large, triangular. Tongue long. Eye lashed. 

 Palpus broad, pointed, projecting, end-.surface triangular. Head feebly crested. 

 Antenna clubbed, hook short and ratlier abrupt, variable in length ; end-segment 

 slender, diflerent in length in the various species. Spines of abdomen flat, very 

 strong, those of first row broader than long (PI. LXII. f. 11), excepting 

 proximal segments, where they are longer than broad : plate of sternite of seventh 

 segment triangular in ?, without spines; lau-tail large in both sexes, previous 



