(hi (1 tinr Si^fct'cs (i/ CicndiiliV. Il'a 



Iloh. Natal; Diirhan ( //. II' 6Vm»»..«,/.s, Call. Dint.). 



A malo spoiMiucM iil'tlus spooios was takon l)v Mr. Siminond.^, 

 of Now /icalaiui, mIhmj on a rociMJt visit to Natal. That 

 8|HHMt»UMi is iu>w in inv coll(nMi<in, Iiavinu' lu'cii prcsciitod to 

 luc l>v its (li.soovoitM-. Mr. Holl .Marloy al-^o tolls mo lio took 

 nnotlu'v sjuHMinoM at about the same timo and locality. I 

 liopo to ovtMitually ligmo tlie Hpocica in my ' lusoota 

 Traiisvaaliousia.' 



IJX. — Drscripdon of <i ttcio impedes ()^" ('ioadid;i> f'rom 

 i:,isf Africa. By W. L, Dksi'ANI'. 



/ '//(•»(/ F.lliotiiy sp. w, 



S. lload, pronolum, and mosonolnin palo viroscont, 

 tliiokly j;roYishly piloso ; somo spots to iVont, area of tlio 

 ooolli, and innor inarj;ins oftlicoyos picoous ; pronotnm wiMi 

 two oonlral loni;iludinal fasoia\ unitod into a Uio.ul t'ascia on 

 postoiior hair, and i'iH>m tho nuddlo of wliioli tlioio pnK'oods on 

 «>aoli sido an ohiicpio lino to oyos, tlio l'nrn)ws, and a broad 

 t»l>li(pio spot on oaoli sitlo of tlio poslorior ntar^in noar tlio 

 <)nl<M' amnios, piooous ; inosonotnm with \\\o small ohconioal 

 spots on antorior niar};in, on each side nn oblique lino 

 roaoliiu};- middio, wluMo it is inwardly locurvod, a transvorsa 

 iinoar spot noar oaoh antorit>r anglo of tho oruoiform elevation 

 and tlu> lateral areas bri^adly (onolosins;" a lars«;o pale spot at 

 haso :uid apox) pioooiis ; abdomen above piooous, the seg- 

 nu-utal margins broadly and a central longitudinal t'ascia 

 virosoont ; body benoalh and lo<;'S pale ochraeeous ; head 

 btMioath (inobuiin^ faeo), lari;e spots to femora, bases and 

 apices o{ tibijo and tarsi, ape.N, o{ rostrum, basal .abthMuinal 

 s«>gmont, and tho so<;niontal margins piooous or blaok ; basal 

 inarj;iiM>r face, a basal transverse spot between t'aoo and eyes, 

 and the elypous palo viroscenl ; tegmina with nearly basal 

 half opacjuo, greyish, with the vein.s virescont, two spots on 

 costal membrane, two in apical half of radial area, and a 

 transverse fascia at end of pale opaipio urea picoous, 

 remaining area of tegmina hyaline, the veins testaceous, with 

 picoous .'jpots, \\\o\c particularly in transverso marginal and 

 «ubmarginal apical series ; wings bright palo ochraeeous, 

 opaipio, anil outwardly marginotl with piooous for more 

 thun half their length, the apical area hyaline ; rostrum 

 reaching the second abdominal segment ; optMoula short, 

 Ann. il- Miuj. A', ///.v/. JSer, 7. Vol. x.\. 2v> 



