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band, which is broadest in the middle. Length of the body 13j 

 lines; expansion of the fore wings 29^ lines. Plate 7, fig. 9 of the 

 Dermaptera in Savigny's work on Egypt seems to represent this 

 species. Rafla. 



35. Tricincta. Male and female. Testaceous, whitish beneath. 

 Head with the vertex like that of (E. latifasciata, but rather narrower; 

 front with the usual keels. Eyes fawn-colour, elliptical, rather 

 prominent. Antennae slender, with some blackish bands. Prothorax 

 like that of 05. latifasciata, but with the hind border rounded and tip 

 elongated. Hind femora with two blackish patches on the inner side 

 and a subapical brown patch on the outer side. Fore wings with 

 three broad brown or blackish bands ; first band antemedial ; second 

 postmedial ; third subapical. Hind wings colourless, with a very 

 broad black band. Length of the body 9 — 13 lines; expansion of 

 the fore wings 24 — 32 lines. The three bands on the fore wings dis- 

 tinguish this species from OL. octofasciata. Wady Genneh. Wady 

 Ferran. Mount Sinai. 



36. Terminalis. Male. — Testaceous. , Head whitish, except the 

 vertex, which has a slight furrow on each side of the slight middle 

 keel; front with four well-defined keels which diverge towards the 

 face. Eyes fawn-colour, short, elliptical, rather prominent. Antennae 

 slender. Prothorax like that of (E. tricincta. Pectus whitish. Hind 

 femora with a blackish disk on each side. Wings pellucid. Fore 

 wings with three bands ; first band testaceous, basal, very broad, with 

 brown dots limited by a blackish line ; second and third bands 

 blackish, second irregular, third apical. Kind wings with a very 

 broad black band. Length of the body 11 lines; expansion of the 

 fore wings 26 lines. Mount Sinai. 



37. Obscurata. Male. — Testaceous. Vertex narrower than in the 

 three preceding species; middle keel very slight; the four keels of 

 the front very strongly marked. Eyes elliptical. Antennae slender. 

 Prothorax like that of the two preceding species, but with a more 

 distinct keel. Pectus and under side of the abdomen pale yellow. 

 Hind femora with a blackish stripe on the inner side, and another 

 beneath. Wings pellucid. Fore wings with several blackish dots and 

 a few blackish patches, the largest patch forming a subapical band ; 

 veins in the exterior part of the wing mostly black. Hind wings 

 with two broad black bands, the second apical ; veins black, except 

 towards the base, where the wings are pale testaceous. Length of 

 the body 11^ lines; expansion of the fore wings 26 lines. The 



