( 616 ) 



J. Touth alidominal segment of tlie same type as in .)fnn-oi//o.^t^>nn and in 

 Tem)iorafnnebrif!, scitiila, etc. ; the tergite and sternite of nearly tlie same length, 

 the sternite the broader, acuminate, slightly curved, long, boat-sliaped. ( 'lasjicr 

 with four large truncate friction-scales over a groove ; harpe (PI. IL. f. 34) 

 ending in a short aud narrow process. Penis-sheath (PI. LV^I. f. 14) armed in 

 a similar way as in some species of Temnoni, there being a left, semi-detached, 

 densely dentate process or ridge, and a free right process which is pointed and 

 bears few teeth ; within the sheath tliere is a dense bundle of rer;/ long spines, 

 homologous to the spines found in Temnora. 



Earlv stages not known. 



]hth. Aethiopiau Region. 



One species. 



A connecting link betweftu Temnora and ^[ac^^O(|lossKm, agreeing witli the 

 latter in many respects, but diifering markedly in the spines of the abdomen, the 

 anal tuft, the hindtarsus, etc. 



557. Atemnora westermanni. 



* Ma:rorilossa wfslermanni Boisduval, l.r. p. 355. n. iS8 (1875) (Guinea; — coll. Charles Oberthiir). 

 *Macrorjloss<i falhensleini Dewitz, Millli. Miiwh. Eiit. Ver. iii. p. 23. t. 1. f. 1 (18711) (Chinchoxo ; — 



Mus. Berlin) ; Holl., Tnin'<. Amer. KnI. .SV. xvi. p. 5(j. n. 2 (188;)) (Kangwc^) : Kirby, Caf. 



Lep. Uft. i. p. 033. n. 63 (I89i') ; .Schaus & Clem., Sierra Lemic Lep. p. 17 (1803). 

 AcUopus toeslerniiiiiiii, Kirby, I.e. p. 635. n. 6 (18'.I2). 



c? ? . A widely distributed species, which does not seem to vary geographically. 

 It is easily recognised by its Mocrofflossum-hke appearance, especially by the pointed 

 palpus, the yellow-s[iotted abdomen and the strong abdominal spines. 



]]ab. Sierra Leone to Angola, eastwards to the coast of German East Africa ; 

 Madagascar ; probably all over the Aethiopian Region, except the soutliern parts 

 of Cape Colony. 



In the Tring Museum 22 (?(?, 9 ? ? from : Sierra Leone, viii. ; Gold Coast; 

 (lameroons ; Bopoto and Yakusu, Congo, viii (K. Smitli) ; Angola, iv. : P>aie 

 d'Antougil, Madagascar, iii. iv. (Mocqnerys). 



CL. MACROGLO.SSUM.— Tyims : strUattinim. 



SjiliJn.r Linnu, N//.W. Nul. ed. x. p. 489 (1758) (partini : type : oMliiln). 

 Se.mi Fabricius, Sifsl. Eiil. p. 547 (1775) (partira ; type : Uoilahis). 

 MiirriKihisxitm Scopoli, lutr. IIi.il. Xtil. p. 414 (1777) (type : slrUntin-iim). 

 Macroglosxa Ocbsenheinier, Srhm. Eur. iv. p. 41 (ISIG) (partim ; includes xteUtituyiiin). 

 Hcmiiris Dalman, Kouijh Vet. Al.: Iluiidl. p. 207 (1816) (partim ; includes ateUaturiim). 

 Mncrogossiiiii (!), Latreille, in Nnm\ Diet. HiM. Xal. xxxi. p. 105 (1819). 

 Psilhi/ron Hiibner, Ver::. hek. Srhm. p. 131 (1822) (partim ; type : iitill(il:(riiin). 

 RhampJinsehismii Wallengren, Oefr. Vet. Ah. Fiirh. xv. p. 13'.l (1858) (type : truehihiii). 

 Biwihijlia Kirby, Cut. Lep. Hel. i, p. G29 (1892) (sub syn. ; type : stell,(tar)ini). 



<S ? . Genal jirocess very large, triangnhir. Tongue long. Eye lashed. 

 Pali)ns broad, jiointod, jirojecting, end-snrface triangular. Head feebly crested. 

 Antenna clubbed, hook short and ratlier abrupt, variable in length ; end-segment 

 slender, different in length in the various species. Sjnues of abdomen flat, very 

 strong, those of first row broader than long (PI. LXIL f. 11), exccjiting 

 proximal segments, where they are longer than broad ; ])late of sternite of seventh 

 segment triangular in ?, without spine.s ; I'an-tail large in both sexes, prcvions 



