350 Mr. W. F. Kivby on 



3, Pretoria {W. L. D.) ; 1, Pine Town, Natal; 5, Bar- 

 berton {P. Rendall). 



Ovamba (Stal). 



This interesting genus stands in nearly the same relation 

 to Miomantis that Sphodromantis occupies towards Hierodula. 

 Stal attempts to discriminate between latipes and humeralis 

 specifically by a short comparison of the females, but 

 mentions no really satisfactory characters by which they can 

 be distinguished. 



22. Solygia (?) Distantly sp. n. 



S' — Long. corp. 56-58 millim. ; pron. 17-20; lob. post, 

 pron. 14; tegm. 27; cox. ant. 9, 10; fern. ant. 13-14; tib. 

 ant. (absque ung.) 4—5 ; fem. post. 19-20. 



?.— Long. corp. 58-69; pron. 20-24; lob. post. 16-18; 

 tegm. 6-9; cox. ant. 11, 12; fem. ant. 12 ; tib. ant. (absque 

 ung.) 4-5. 



Male. — Testaceous. Head narrow, transverse, Agrioni- 

 form, yellowish behind, dark brown from below tiie acute 

 carina on the vertex to the antennse, which stand on a testa- 

 ceous stripe j below the antennse are two dark transverse 

 lines, the uppermost darkest ; the rest of the head testaceous ; 

 antennfe about as long as the pronotum, testaceous, black 

 above beyond the first third of their length, except at the 

 joints. 



Pronotum speckled and indistinctly lined on the sides with 

 black ; the lateral carina is black, edged above with a pale 

 line. Sides scarcely denticulated, slightly expanded above 

 the front coxse. Femora and terminal half of coxa3 lined 

 with black. 



Front femora with 4 spines on the outer and many on the 

 inner side ; 3 discoidal spines, which latter are spotted with 

 black at the base. 



Middle and hind legs very long and slender. 



Wings extending nearly to the extremity of tlie abdomen ; 

 tegniina and wings hyaline, with brown nervures ; costal 

 area yellowish (or green?), edged below with a dark line. 



Female similar, but stouter and paler, especially on the 

 head, where there is only one distinct slender black transverse 

 line, below the antenna?. Tegmina extending to above the 

 origin of the middle coxa? ; black, with the base and costal 

 third yellowish. The largest specimen has a ratlier indistinct 

 dark double median line running along the upper surface of 

 the abdomen. 



1 S, Barberton (P. Rendall). 



