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superantes, basi incrassata. Lamina supraanalis S oblonga. 

 Cerci c? lon(/i, teretes, acumina/i, apice mucronati. Lamina 

 stibgenitalis 6 elongata, triamjulariter emorginaia, cercos liaud 

 superans. d . 



d. 



Long, pronoti 12-5 mm. 



„ corporis 4 



„ alarum 23-75 



„ eljtroriim 14'75 



Lat. elytrt)rum medio 2*75 



Long, femorum posticarum 10 



Patria. North-west Somaliland, Whardi Datal, July 26, 1895. 

 One male. Type in Hope Collection, Oxford. 



This species comes nearest to Ph. nana Charp., but may be 

 distinguished by the absence of the basal spots of the elytra, which 

 also separates it from Ph. quadripiunctata Br. The minute black 

 dots all over the body resemble those of Leijtophyes punctatissima, 

 Bosc. 



MiLiTiTSA, gen. nov. 



In tribum Terpnistrianim locandum. c? ignotus. 



Fastigium verticis sulcatum et compressum. Frons brevis, per- 

 pendicularis. Oculi valde globosi. Pronutum sellceforme, disco 

 antice devatum, obtusum, p>ostice deplanato, margine ipso siib- 

 elevato, rotundato, carinis lateraUbus mdlis ; lobis defiexis 

 altioribits quam longioribus, marginibus roUmdatis. Elytra 

 angiista , paidlo ante medium latiora, dehinc attenuata, margine 

 p)Ostico sinuato, apice oblique truncata ; vence 2 radiales sidj- 

 contiguce, apicem versus divergentes, ramis 1-3 vence ulnaris 

 conjunctis, ramo ultimo in marginem apicalem elytri ecurrente ; 

 vena idnaris a vena radiali valde remota, in marginem posticuin 

 elytri dejiexa, ramos nonnullos furcatos albo-circumdaios venam 

 radialem versus emittens, quortim postremi ramis vence 

 radialis conjuncti ; campus analis basi latus, dehinc angustis- 

 sinius, venulis 7-ectis transversis ^j»ZMrimi.v instructis, in tertia 

 parte apicali elytri evanescens ; campus marginalis latus, 

 ad eonjunctionem vence radialis anterioris cum margine antico 

 productus ; intra marginem, per totam longitudinem elytra 

 anguste decolor^ hyalinus. Al<e elytris longiores. Coxce anticce 

 spina nulla instructce. Femora omnia teretes, postica subtus 

 spinulis 3 armata, lobis genicularibus acuminatis ; tibice anticce 

 et intermedice compressce, margine p)^^^^<^o spimdis minimis 

 armatce. Tibice anticce utrinque foramine aperto, oblongo, 

 instructed ; tibice posticce. per totcnn longitudinem utrinque supra 

 spinis albidis, apice rufescentibus, armatce. Meso- et meta- 

 sternum lobis obtusis instructa. Ovipositor satis magnus, sensim 

 incurvis, apice obtusus, valvula super lore minime crenulato, 

 valvulam inferiorem muticam superans. $ . 



This genus may be at once separated from Terpnistria Stal by 

 the unspined pronotum and unlobed legs. The unarmed coxie 

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