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CATALOGUE OF 



16. Mygdonia lividipes. 

 Mictis lividipes, Frme. Arch. Ent. ii. 296. 

 Gabon. 



Genus 4. PUPPEIA. 

 Puppeia, Stal, Hem. Afr. ii. 25. 



1. POPPEIA CINCTA. 



Mictis cinctus, Sgnt. A. S. E. F. line Ser. viii. 71, pi. 4, f. 3 — Puppeia 

 cincta, Stat, Hem. Afr. ii. 26. 



Guinea. 



Genus 5. MICTIS, C. H. 386. 



Africa. Madagascar. 



A. Angles of the prothorax prominent, rectangular 



or acutely angular, never rounded. Anterior 

 femora bidentate beneath near the tips; 

 apical tooth sometimes obsolete. 



a. Abdomen unarmed beneath. Hind femora of 



the male armed with a spine at the base. 



* Fourth joint of the antenna; yellowish ferrugi- 



nous. .... 



** Antennae wholly dark. 



b. Abdomen of the male unarmed beneath. Hind 



femora of the male armed with a somewhat 

 obtuse spine beneath at the base. 



* Third joint of the antennas nearly smooth. 

 ** Third joint of the antennae distinctly keeled 



above and beneath. - - 



c. Abdomen of the male with a tubercle beneath. 



Hind femora unarmed beneath at the base. - 



d. Abdomen of the male with spines beneath. 



B. Angles of the prothorax rounded, not promi- 



nent. 



a. Scutellum with a thick silky line or stripe. 



* Fourth joint of the antennae pale, brownish 



towards the tip. - 

 ** Fourth joint of the antennae dark, pale at the 

 base, 

 f Larger. Antennae longer. Hind femora more 

 incrassated, somewhat curved at the base. - 

 •j-f Smaller. Antennae shorter. Hind femora less 

 incrassated, hardly curved at the base. 

 *** Antennae wholly pale. - 



**** Second and third joints of the antennae pale, 

 dark at the base. - 



b. Scutellum with no silky stripe. 



* Abdomen with the dorsum wholly black, or 



black at the base and at the tip. 





luctuosa. 

 Madagascariensis. 



curvipes. 

 tartarea. 



pectoralis. 

 undata. 



Magri. 



scutellaris. 



scutellata. 

 castaneicornis. 



tomentovirgata. 



