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CATALOGUE OF 



keel; subcostal space pellucid, with pale testaceous veins. Hind wings 



extending very much beyond the abdomen. 

 a. Efiypt. Presented by J. Burton, Esq. 



Length of the body 6 lines. 



West, South, and East Africa. 



a. Prothorax tomenlose. 



b. Prothorax brownish gray, speckled with black. - 

 bb. Prothorax black or pale. 



c. Spines of the hind tibise very long and slout. - 

 it. Spines of the hind libite moderately long and stout. 



d. Legs tawny. 



e. Fore wings not pale at the base. - - - - 

 ee. Pore wings pale at the base and along the mediastinal 

 /. Head not striped. ------- 



//. Head striped. 



g. Prothorax of equal breadth. ------ 



gg. Prothorax slightly narrower in front. - 



<lit. Legs blackish. 



e. Oviduct not longer than the body - 

 ee. Oviduct longer than the body 7 



««. Thorax smooth. 



b. Legs black. --_----■ 

 bb. Legs piceons. 



c. Antennae of one colour. ------ 



cc. Antenna? with a pale band. - - - - 



bbb. Legs tawny. 



c. Head tawuy. -------- 



cc. Head black. 



(I. Head banded. ------- 



dd. Head not banded. ------ 



conspersus. 

 fortipes. 



vein. 



<;uttalus. 



plagiceps. 



lineaticeps. 

 notabilis. 



iguobilis. 

 macrurus. 



atratus. 



posticus, 

 compactus. 



consocius. 



pa rail el us. 

 lucens. 



41. GllYLLUS CONSPERSUS. 



conspersus, Schaum, Peters, Reise Mozamb. 1 17. 

 Mozambique. 



42. Gryi.lus fortipf.s. 



Poem. Niger, nitens ; caput lateribus margineque antico obscure rvjis ; 

 palpi picei ; prothorax maculis duabus, villis duabus exlerioribus 

 laleribusque obscure rujis ; oviductus piceus, abdomine perpaullo 

 brevior ; pules crassi,femoribus obscure rufis supra piceis, femoribus 

 posticis substrigalis, spinis longis crassis ; alee antica picecc, abdomine 

 breviores, villa fu/va, venis subcostalibus leslaceis ,• alw poslicce paullo 

 lonijiores. 



Female. Black, shining. Head dark red along the hind border and 

 in front. Eyes and ocelli lurid. Palpi piceous. Prothorax with two spots, 

 with two exterior stripes and with the sides of a daik red hue. Oviduct 

 piceous, very 1 ii tie shorter than ihe abdomen. Lrgs very stout ; femora 

 dark red, piceous above; hind femora with the usual paler streaks slightly 

 indicated; hind tibiae with very long and stout spines, seven on the outer 



