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'28. MiCTIS CAPUCINA. 

 capiicinn, Stal, Ilem. Afr. ii. 4a. 

 Caffravia. 



29. MicTis Afric.vna. 

 Africana, Slal, Hem. Afr. ii. 4;"). 

 Caffraria. 



30. iMlCTlS VENTRALIS, C. II. 307. 



(t. South Africa. Presented by tlie Earl of Derby in 1843. 

 b, V. South Africa Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



d. Cape. Froiu M. Drege's collection. 



31. MiCTIS MOESTA, C H.AOO. 

 a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Kichardson. 



32. Micris LUCTUosA. 

 curvipes, Sgnl. A. S. E. F. 3me Scr. viii. 938 — luctuosa, Slal, Hem. Afr. 



ii. 27. 

 Madagascar. 



33. MicTis Madagascariensis. 

 Madagascariensis, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. Zme Ser. viii. 938. Stal, Hem. Afr. 



ii. 28. 



This species is sometimes blackish, sometimes ferruginous; the fourth 

 joint of the antennae is sometimes blackish, sometimes luteous ; the angles 

 of tLe prolhonix form more or less slender and acute spines. It seems to 

 be very closely allied to M. luctuosa. 

 a — d. iMadagascar. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



e. Madagascar. Presented by the Rev. — Ellis. 



34. MlCTIS LUTEITAKSIS. 



Mas et foem. Nigra, cinereQ subtomentosa ; antennm corpore breviores, 



apice fulvo bifasciala ; prot/iorax subsulcatus, lateribus suhserrntis, 



angiitis posticis vuldc rolundalis ; segmenla ventralia fcrrvgineo 



niargiiiata ; tarsi iulei. Mas. — Scgmenium ventralc 2um uuitttbcr- 



culatttm ; femora posiica vaUle incrassala, sub/us apud medium 



dilalata et angulata ; tibicc puslica apice subdilatala:. Fa;m. — 



Femora pustica subius apice bidcnticulala. 



Male ami female. Black, slightly covered with cinereous lomentum. 



llostrum lawny towards the base, and with a lawny band, extending 



nearly to the middle coxa; ; second joint longer than the third. Antenna; 



slender, about three-fourths of the length of the body; joints from the first 



to the third successively decreasing in length; fourth a little longer than 



the first, tawny towards the tip and with a tawny band near the base. 



Prothorax widening from the fore border to the hind border, with an 



indistinct longitudinal furrow and with a transverse ridge near the hind 



border; sides straight, minutely serrated ; hind angles much rounded, not 



prominent. Second ventral segment of the male with a large tubercle iu 



