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Genus TROPIDOCEPHALA. 

 Tropidocephala, Stal, Hem. f ran Kaff'erl. 266. 



Tropidocephala flaviceps. 

 Tropidocephala flaviceps, Stcil, Of v. K. V. A. Fork. 1855, 93. 

 Natal. 



Genus ASIRACA, CaL Horn. p. 360. 

 Asiraca revertens. 



Foem. Testacea ; caput et. thorax nigra notata ; antennce longis- 

 sirncB ; abdomen apicem versus nigro bifasciatum, subtus viride 

 strigis posticis obliquis lateralibus nigris ; pedes nigro fas- 

 ciati ; al(B vitrene^ sabcinerece ; anticce guttis duabus fusces- 

 centibus. 



Female. Testaceous. Head and thorax with various black 

 marks. Antennae about three-fourths of the length of the body ; 

 arista longer than the first a>id second joints together ; second joint 

 longer than the first, black at the base and at the tip. Abdomen 

 towards the tip with two black bands on the hind borders of 

 the segments ; under side green, with black oblique streaks on each 

 side towards the tip. Legs with black bands. Wings vitreous, 

 very slightly cinereous. Fore wings with two brownish dots, one 

 apical, the other subapical ; veins whitish, partly black. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 

 a. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Asiraca retrahens. 



Testacea;. frons nigra^ marginibus carinaque testaceis ; thorax 

 nigro trimaculatus ; pectus et abdomen subtus ex parte nigra ; 

 pedes nigro fas ciati ; alee oitrece ; anticce basi nigrcs^ vittu lata 

 discali interriipta fusca apicem versus f areata. 



Testaceous. Front black, with the middle keel and the elevated 

 borders testaceous ; a black band on the face. Antennae like those 

 of A. revertens. Thorax with three black spots. Pectus and abdo- 

 men beneath partly black. Legs with black bands. Wings 



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