98 Mr. W. F. Kir))y's 



behind, where it is deiUiculated. Abduineu with strong spines on the 

 median line on the first seven segments. Hind femora very broad 

 and truncated at the extremity, the carina; paler ; upper carinte 

 moderately dentated, lower carinae denticulated. Hind tibiaj with 

 nine spines on the outer carina. 



Ilab. Transvaal : Pretoria [Distant). 



Differs from X.fcmoralis, Walk., and X. latijycs, Sauss., in 

 colour, the well-marked abdominal spines, the armature of 

 tlie hind femora, etc. 



88. Xiphicera 7'cndalli, sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 45 millim. 



Female. Dark reddish-brown, darker in the back, longitudinally 

 marked on the sides with waved, but rather indistinct blackish 

 lines. Antennse very long. 16-jointed ; two basal joints red, the 

 rest black ; ensiculua moderately broad, flattened, 7-jointed ; inter- 

 mediate joints, first pair of joints of flagellum and second pair 

 successively narrowed, but scarcely decreasing in length ; terminal 

 joint cylindrical, longer than any ])receding. Vertex hardly pro- 

 jecting beyond the lower border of the face ; pronotuni somewhat 

 rugose, crest regularly and moderately arched, slightly crenulated 

 towards the extremity, which is simple. Hind femora contracted 

 above and below before the knee, strongly dentated above, and 

 denticulated beneath. 



Hah. Transvaal : Barberton (Eendall). 

 Resembles Saussure's figure of X. mannulus, but the 

 structure of tlie antennae is quite different. 



89. Xiphicera hradyana. 



Xiphocera hradyana, Saussure, Spic. Ent., ii, p. 55, n. 17, 

 pi. ii, fig. 1 (1887). 



Hah. Transvaal {Saussure) ; South Africa (B. M.). 

 Not in Mr. Distant's collection. 



Genus Porthetis. 



Porthdis, Serville, Ann. Sci. Nat., xxii, p. 270 (1831) ; 

 Stal, Rec. Orth., i, pp. 21, 28 (1873) ; CEfv. Vet. Akad. 

 Forh., xxxiii (3), p. 37 (1876) ; Saussure, Spic. Ent., 

 ii, pp. 33, GO (1887). 



