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•piceous. Hind wings pale cinereous, with a testaceous tinge along the 

 costa. Length of the body 10i lines. 



a. S. America. Presented by Sir R. Sehomburgk. 



2. Nessa fortipes. 



Fcein. Testaceus, tomentosus, gracilis, cylindrieus; caput subcarinaium, 

 poslice snbproductnm ; prolhorax nigro bivittalus ; abdomen tinea 

 dorsali nigricante duplicate/.; oviductus ubdomine brevior ; pedes 

 robusli , femori bus posticis ulrinqne snbstrigatis, libiis poslicis quadri- 

 spinosis ; alee minima:. 



Female. Testaceous, tomentose, slender, cylindrical. Head shining 

 in front, rather prominent between the sockets of ihe antennae. Eyes 

 piceous, somewhat remote from ihe hind border. Mandibles with black 

 tips. Antennae very slender, much more than half the length of the body. 

 Prolhorax with a black stripe on each side, this stripe continued less 

 determinatedly to the abdominal segments, the latter with an indistinct 

 double dorsal blackish line. Cerci le^s than half the length of the abdomen. 

 Oviduct with a black tip, rather shorter than the abdomen. Leys stout; 

 anterior leys short ; hind femora with indistinct brownish streaks on the 

 outer side; hind tibiae serrated and with four spines on each side; first, 

 second and third alternate, fourth forming an opposite pair. Wings rudi- 

 mentary. Length of the body 9-h — I0-J- lines. 



a, b. Natal. From M'. Gueinzius' collection. 



pp. Hind tarsi serrated. 



Genus 14. LANDREVA. 



Mas. Corpus nitens, sat robustum.vix convexum. Caput breve, sub- 

 carinatum. Oculi prominuli. Palpi breviusculi ; articulus 3us securiformis. 

 Antennae i grauillimae, corpore plus triplo longiores; articulus his globosus. 

 Prothorax subsulcatus. Cerci ahdomine longiores. Pedes robusti; tibitE 

 poslicoo utrinque serralae et quadrispinosae. Alte abbreviatae. 



Male. Body shining, rather stout, hardly convex. Head short, 

 slightly keeled between the sockets of the eyes. Eyes prominent, moderately 

 large. Palpi rather short ; third joint securiform. Antenna; very slender, 

 much more than thrice the length of the body ; first joint globose. Pro- 

 thorax rather broader than long, with a slight longitudinal furrow. Cerci 

 longer than the abdomen. Legs robust, moderately long ; hind tibiae with 

 several minute spines, and nearer the tips with four long stout spines on 

 eaeh side; first joint of the hind tarsi long, with small spines on each side. 

 Wings incomplete? 



1. Landreva ixsignis. 



Mas. Piceus ; palpi fulvi, antenna: arlieulo \o fulvo gtuboso ; cerci ru ft s- 

 centes, alie anticic abdominis dimidio breviores ; ala posticus nulla. 

 Male. Piceous. Eyes reddish. Palpi tawny. Antennas with the 

 first joint tawny. Cerci reddish, densely pilose. Legs tawny ; tibiae, tarsi 



