On new Species of African Diploptera. 445 



6077 <7. Hoplutarache nephele, sp. u. 

 ? . Head and tlior;i\ uliite, the latter with some grey on 

 dorsum ; auteuiue lulvous brown with a black point between 

 their bases ; pectus and legs white, the fore femora above 

 and tarsi tinged with brown; abdomen grey-brown with 

 white segmental lines, the ventral surface white. Fore 

 wing white suH'used with grey and olive-brown except on 

 costal area to subterminal line, basal lialf of inner area, and 

 terminal area except at apex ; the costa with oblique ante- 

 medial and medial grey and olive bars and a postmedial 

 spot, the inner margin with white antemedial striga defined 

 on each side by grey patches; orbicular and reniform grey 

 Avith white annuli, round ; a wedge-shaped Avhite medial 

 l):itch from subuiedian fold to inner margin; postmedial 

 line olive-brown slightly defined on outer side l)y whitish 

 from the costal area to inner margin and incurved below 

 vein 4; the white terminal area with sinuous inner edge, 

 excurvcd at middle and bent outwards to tornus ; black 

 bars on termen at discal and submedial folds with two 

 slight spots between them, the cilia fuscous beyond the 

 discal bar. Hind wing white tinged with brown, the 

 terminal area suffused with brown; cilia white mixed with 

 brownish ; the underside white, a slight dark discoidal 

 lunule, the terminal area sutfused with brown from apex to 

 vein 2. 



Hab. Germ. E. Africa, Usagara Distr., Kilossa {Neave), 

 1 ? type. ExjJ. 30 mm. 



LVI. — Descriptions of new Species of African Diploptera 

 in the Collection of the British Museum. By Geoffrey 

 Meade-Waldo, M.A. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



The majority of the new species described in the present 

 paper were received from the Entomological Research 

 Committee (Tropical Africa). 



All the types are in the British Museum Collection. 



All measurements of length are from the front of the 

 head to the apex of the second abdominal segment. 



Masaridae, Leach. 

 Masaris, F. 

 Masaris vespiformis, F. 

 This interesting insect seems to have been the subject of 



