96 Mr. W. F. Kiiby's 



Hah. Transvaal : Pretoria {Distant). 



Several specimens. The male has rather pointed riuli- 

 mentary wings extending just beyond the third segment of 

 the abdomen. 



83. Xipliiccra 2ncta. 



Xiplwccra pida, Saussure ; Dist,, Nat. Transv., p. 261, pi. iv, 

 fig. 2 (1892). 



Hah. Transvaal : Pretoria, Waterberg and Rustenburg 



(Distant). 



This species seems to vary considerabl}^, but I have not 

 felt justified in describing any of the forms before me as 

 new. The male has rudimentary wings. 



84. Xip)hicera compressa, sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 45 millim. ; capitis et pronoti 24 millim. 



Male. Antennae short, 14-jointed ; ensiculus 6-joiiitetl, moderately 

 broad, intermediate joints transverse, tlie first only half as long as 

 the second ; flagelliun 4-jointed, the two tirst joints flattened, narrower 

 than the intermediate joints, and slightly broader than long ; the 

 two last cylindrical. Vertex not produced bej'ond the lower part 

 of the face ; scutellum of vertex rather longer than broad, subrec- 

 tangular in front, but obtusely rounded off ; lateral carina^ converging 

 behind. Head and pronotura grey, head below, and pronotum above 

 and below darker. Pronotum very long, considerably compressed, 

 but not pitted above ; slightly sinuated beyond the middle, but not 

 dentated ; extremity shortly bifid. The whole insect, except the 

 basal and apical joints of the antennie, the sides, under-surface, and 

 neighbourhood of the sutures of the abdomen — which are brown — and 

 the spines and tarsi of the legs, is more or less thickly covered with 

 white granules ; on the sides of the hinder part of the prothorax are 

 some larger concolorous tubercles. Wings extending to the middle 

 of the third segment of the abdomen, rufo-testaceous, with black dots 

 along the longitudinal nervures. Hind femora about three times as 

 long as broad, carinte subparallel, the lower one slightly concave 

 before the knee, denticulated above, and more slightly below ; hind 

 tibiae with nine spines on the outer carina. 



Hah. Transvaal : Pretoria (Distant). 



Described from two specimens, one considerably darker 

 than the other. The lighter specimen, has been selected as 

 the type. Somewhat resembles X. hrcvis, Walk., in shape, 



