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bands and closeJy haired. The other nervures only a little darker 

 ihan the membrane, with bands and hair. The pterostigma in fore 

 wing with a faint reddish tinge. In the fore wings the radial sector 

 arises much beyond the cubital fork. Legs light brown with black 

 hair; the bind tibiae paler. Spurs not so long as the basal Joint of 

 tarsus, which is much longer than the 2'"^ Joint. Length of body 

 24 mm; fore wing 24 mm; bind wing 20 mm. 



One immatured specimen, Deutsches Entom. Museum, is found 

 at Swakopmund in German South West Africa. 



Acanthaclisis fulva nov. spec. 

 Head yellowish red; the face and palpi yellowish white; on the 

 Vertex a transverse and irregulär streak with short bristle-like black 

 hair. Antennae light yellowish brown, darker at the base and at the 

 apex. Pro- and mesothorax yellowish red with long black hair. Prothorax 

 with a transverse furrow, '/g behind the front border, and with the 





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Fig. 3. Fore and bind wing of Acanthaclisis fulva. 



side and front margins bordered with a small black line. On the 

 dorsum of prothorax is found a long median streak, interrupted at the 

 furrow, and at each side a short curved streak, extending only a 

 little behind the furrow. Metathorax black and with long, greyish 

 hair. Abdomen short haired, dark brown, paler towards the apex 

 and with bind borders of each segment dark. Legs yellowish with 

 black bristles and with fine long, whitish hair. Pirst and intermediate 

 tibiae with a small brown band at the base and with a broader one 

 in the middle. Spurs dark brown. 2"'^ 3"' and 4^'^ tarsal joints 

 blackish brown willi long black hair; 5**^ Joint whitish with black 

 hair and dark brown claws. Longitudinal nervures reddish yellow 

 with small black or hrown bands where cross veins of tiiose colour 

 join them. The majority of cross veins reddish yellow: the remaindor 



