Collection ('/ African Hhutifla?. 279 



the base of the spines on the outer edge oi' the liirul fihia*, 

 whicli are bhuk or hlaekish. 



1, Pretoria [hislunt). 



Closely allied to Temnopteryx variet/ufa, Schulthess, from 

 Delai2;oa Bay, of which it may be a variety. 



This ^rcnns is well represented in North Africa, as in the 

 ^leditt'rrancan re<;ion ^^Mierally, and one species has been 

 described from Mada^'ascar. 1 add the description of an 

 allied species in the Natural History Museum from Port 

 Klizabeth. 



Aphlehia bicolor, sp. n. 



Long, corp, 8-10 millim. 



Female. — Varied with black and testaceous. Head black, 

 with a transverse testaceous stripe on the vertex, and the 

 space round the base of the antenn;i? and sometimes the mouth- 

 parts more or less testaceous; antennae black, testaceous 

 towards the base. Pronotum nearly as in A. transvaaliensis^ 

 but the central pale mark is longitudinal. ^leso- and nieta- 

 notuni testaceous, with a black band behind ; tegmina as 

 long as the niesonotum, testaceous, with a longitudinal blackish 

 central siripe; abdomen black, with about tive rows of testa- 

 ceous spots or dashes on each side of the median line, the 

 middle ones more linear and the marginal ones larger and 

 more irregular in shape than the others ; the last two 

 abdominal segments are bordered behind with testaceous, and 

 from this streak testaceous lines run obliquely upwards and 

 outwards; terminal plate black, spotted with testaceous. 

 Pectus testaceous, with blackish markings towards the 

 margins ; le^^s testaceous, femora lined on both edges with 

 black, and tibiie dotted with black. Cerci testaceous, with a 

 black spot in the middle above, and several transverse blackish 

 markings below. 



Described from three specimens. 



It is perhajjs an immature insect, and has some resemblance 

 to the larva oi Jilctohia ericetoruin {vide supra). 



Phyllodromiidae. 

 Phyllodrnin ia bivittata. 



niattn htvltt<tta,i>iir\. Orth. y. 108 (18.}i>). 

 Phyllodrumia bivittata, JJruuu. Syst. Hliitt. p. U2 (1865). 



1, Pretoria {JDistani); 1, Fort Johnston, Nyasaland 

 {UeiulaK). 



Found in South Africa, and in various parts of Tropical 

 America. Evidently liable to be distributed by shipping, 

 like its close ally 1\ (/ermanica, L. 



