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longer than broarl. Abdomen beneaih with a transverse a;neous spot on 

 each of the fourlli and fifth segments; apical spines acute. Legs stout; 

 femora and tibice black-speckled. Fore wiiijis with a smooth line between 

 the exocoriura and the mesocoriiim, and with a few smooth dots; meui- 

 braue cinereous; veins brown. Lenyih ol' the body 3i — 4 lines. 

 It has some resemblance to the genus Arma. 



a. Old Calabar. From Mr. John Gray's collection. 



b. Madagascar, Presented by J. Caldwell, Esq. 



52. MORMIDEA? PEDESTRIS. 



Obscure fusca, aspere punctata, nigricante connpersa ; antennw pallide 

 Jiavce, articulo Ao apice nigricante, 5o nigra basi flavo ; thorax spinis 

 nigricantibus crassis longis acutis ; sculfUum bisulcatum ; abdominis 

 lalera serrata ; pedes robusti.Jlavo fasciali,femoribus apices versus 

 ttnispinosis ; inembrana venis reticulatis. 



Dark tawny, oval, roughly punctured ; punctures blackish. Head 

 elongate; lateral lobes hardly extending beyond the middle lobe. Rostrum 

 pale yellow. Antennse pale yelloiv, hardly half the length of the body; 

 first joint much shorter than the anterior part of the head ; second much 

 longer than the third ; fourth longer than the third, blackish towards the 

 tip ; fifth black, yellow at the base, much longer than the fourth. Thorax 

 with some small intervening smooth spaces; spines blackish, long, acute, 

 very stout. Scutellum with a shallow excavation on each side extending 

 much beyond the angle of the corium. Abdomen serrated along each side; 

 apical spines stout, hardly acute. Legs brown, stent; femora pale yellow 

 towards the base, with a spine above near the tip ; tibiaj pale yellow, brown 

 at each end ; tarsi pale yellow ; the brown hue most prevalent in the fore 

 legs. Membrane of the fore wings cinereous; veins brown, reticulated. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Janson's collection. 



53. MOEMIDEA? UNISIGXATA. 



Fulva, lata, scite punctata, fusco aut nigricante conspersa ; thorax callis 

 duobus anlicis transiersis furcatis iindulatis, callo intermedia 

 ochraceo Jisso, spinis longis acutis apice nigris ; scutellum ptinctis 

 duobus ba.salibus glabris apiceque pallidis ; pedes graciles. 



Tawny, broad, oval, thickly and finely punctured ; punctures brown 

 or blackish; under side and legs paler. Head conical; lobes of equal 

 length. Rostrum j)iceous at the tip, hardly extending beyond the hind 

 coxiB. Thorax in front with two transverse I'oikcd undulating calli ; 

 between tliese there is an ochraccous callus, which is cleft except in front; 

 punctures black about these calli and along the sides of the thorax; sjiincs 

 long, stout, acute, black towards the ti])s. Scutellum paler at the tip, 

 extending nearly to the angle of the coriTim ; a pale smooth point on each 

 side at the base. Legs slender. Membrane of the fore wings cinereous, 

 with darker veins. Length of the body 5 lines. 



It agrees with Penlaloma in general structure. 

 a. Old Calabur. Frou) Mr. John Gray's collecliou. 



