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which is almost oval : fore-chest thinly and roughly punctured, 

 moderately deep and slightly convex in front, rising almost verti- 

 cally from the head, with a ferruginous and very slight ridge ; 

 shoulders rounded, ferruginous, not prominent; horns above conical, 

 broad, prismatic, diverging, almost horizontal, very slightly curved 

 downward, at right angles to the chest, in length not exceeding the 

 breadth of the chest between them ; edges ferruginous ; hind side not 

 more than half the breadth of the other sides: legs ferruginous; shanks 

 slightly widened : wings colourless ; Ibre-vviugs pitchy and punctured 

 at the base ; veins ferruginous; fourth longitudinal vein pitchy to- 

 wards the base ; four discoidal areolets. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 



8. OXYRHACHIS VETUSTA, FcUl. 



Nigra, cano-hirta; pectus et abdomen ferruginea ; pedes ferruginei ; 

 tibue dilatatcB ; alee limpidie ; alee anticce basi fulvce. 



Black, thickly clothed with hoary hairs : head transverse, nar- 

 rower than the fore-chest, truncate and ferruginous on each side of 

 the fiice, which is almost obconical, and about half the length of the 

 head : eyes very prominent : fore-chest roughly punctured, deep in 

 front, rising vertically from the head, slightly ridged : shoulders 

 almost flat : horns above conical, long, broad, prismatic, porrect, 

 slightly diverging, very slightly ascending, in length full six times 

 the breadth of the chest between them ; upper side narrower than 

 either of the other sides: breast and abdomen ferruginous: abdo- 

 men covered with whitish bloom: legs ferruginous; shanks dilated: 

 wings colourless ; fore-wings punctured and tawny at the base ; veins 

 ferruginous ; four discoidal areolets. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



9. OXYEHACHIS DILATICORNIS, Fcm. 



Ferruginea ; cornua antica compressa ; tibice vix dilatatcB ; alcB 

 limpidfC', alee anticcB basi ferruginecc^ albido fasciatce. 

 Ferruginous, clothed beneath with white down : head and fore- 

 chest thickly punctured : head very short, slightly impressed, trans- 

 versely subfusiform, a little narrower than the chest ; face broad, 

 conical in front, semicircular behind, shorter than the head behind 

 it : eyes very prominent : fore-chest low in front, distinctly ridged, 

 rising almost vertically from the head ; shoulders rounded, not pro- 



