86 j\lr. W. F. Kirby's 



65. Maura 7'ubroornata. 



Petasia rubroornata, Stal, (Efv. Vot. Akad. Foili. (l8o5), 



p. 352; Rec. Orth., i, p. 19 (1878). 

 Maura riibroornata, Bolivar, An. Soc. Esp., xiii, p. 480 



(1884). 

 Fciasia pyrrhomela, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. B. M., iii, 



p. 545, 11. 4 (1870). 

 Hah. Transvaal: Pretoria {Distant), Zoutpansberg 

 {Kacssncr) ; Caffraria [Stal) ; Zululand ; Cape (B. M.). 



66. Maura atriccj^s, sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 34 millim. ; exp. al. 60 millim. 



Blue-black ; antennge with two red hands, occupying joints 7 and 

 8, and 11, 12, and the base of 13. Head quite black, except that 

 the ocelli are very slightly marked with pale yellow. There is a 

 buflf mark above the four hinder coxpe, and a buff mark below the 

 front coxpe. A broad transverse band on the metapectus, lateral 

 bands on the first six segments of the abdomen (connected dorsally liy 

 yellow lines at the ends of the segments), narrower terminal lines 

 on the six corresponding ventral segments, the cerci, and a spot on 

 each side towards the extremity of the hind femora, red ; tegmina 

 dark brown, wings more grey. 



Ifab. Transvaal : Pretoria (Distant), Barberton 

 (licndall). 



The specimen from Barberton differs in having a red 

 spot beneath the wings, as in 3L rubroornata, and in liaving 

 a red spot on the outside only of the hind femora, near the 

 base. 



67. Maura jiavoinaculata, sp. n. 



Perhaps a variety of M. atriceps, with which it mainly 

 agrees in size, colour, and markings, except that all the 

 jiale markings are pale yellow, instead of red, only those 

 on the under-surface of the abdomen being slightly tinged 

 with reddish. Antenme with two bands ; lower part of 

 clypeus with a broad yellow transverse band on each side. 

 Pectus and abdomen similarly marked, but there is a 

 round yellow spot on the pleura (only present in red in 

 the Barberton variety of M. atriccjjs), and the pale bands on 

 the under-surface of the abdomen are much broader than 

 in M. atriceps. Hind femora with a round spot near the 



