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CATALOGUE OF 



16. Mygdonia lividipes, 

 Mictis lividipes, Friiie. Arch. Ent. ii. 296. 

 Gabon. 



Genus 4. PUPPEIA. 

 Puppeia, Stal, Hem. Afr. ii. 25. 



1. Puppeia cincta. 

 Mictis cinctiis, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. 2me Sir 



cincla, S/al, Hem. Afr. ii. 26. 

 Guinea. 



Genns 5. MICTIS, C. H. 386. 

 Africa. Madagascar. 



A. Angles of the prolborax prominent, rectangular 



or acutely angular, never roiiudecl. Anterior 

 femora bidenlate beneath near the lips; 

 aj)ical tooth sometimes obsolete. 



a. Abdomen unarmed beneath. Hind femora of 



the male armed with a spine at the base. 



* Fourth joint of the antennae yellowish ferrugi- 



nous. ----- 



** Antennae wholly dark. 



b. Abdomen of the male unarmed beneath. Hind 



femora of the male armed with a somewhat 

 obtuse spine beneath at the base. 



* Third joint of the antennie nearly smooth. 



** Third joint of the antenna? distinctly keeled 

 above and beneath. - - - - 



c. Abdomen of the male with a tubercle beneath. 



Hind femora unarmed l)eneath at the base. - 



d. Abdomen of the male with spines beneath. 



B. Angles of the prothorax rounded, not promi' 



nent. 

 a. Scutellum with a thick silky line or stripe. 



* Fourth joint of the antenna' pale, brownish 



towards the tip. - 

 ** Fourth joint of the antennce dark, pale at the 

 base, 

 t Larger. Antennte longer. Hind femora more 

 incrassated, somewhat curved at the base. • 

 f\ Smaller. Antennae shorter. Hind femora less 

 incrassated, liardly curved at the base. 

 Antenna) wholly pale. - - - 



Second and third joints of the antennte |)ale, 

 dark at the base. - . - - 



Scutellum with no silky stripe. 

 Abdomen with the dorsum wholly black, or 

 black at the base and at the tip. 



71, pi. 4, f. 3— Puppeia 





luctuosa. 

 idagascariensis. 



curvipes. 

 tartarea. 



pectoralis. 

 undata. 



Magr 



scutellaris. 



scutellata. 

 castaneieornis. 



tomentovirgata 



