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twenty-one joints to the antennae ; it can hardly be identical 

 with this Persian species. Hagen indicates another species as 

 JE. nigra (but without description), from Egypt, which he consi- 

 ders distinct both from JE. Savignyii and E. Solieri. 



Ohs. — The j&gure of JE. Savignyii, given by Savigny (' Desc. de 

 I'Egypte'), appears to have been taken from an individual with 

 partially aberrant neuration. It will be noticed that in the right 

 :anterior wing (copied by Westwood) the lower forked branch of 

 the sector has tbe upper prong of the fork again furcate ; this is 

 not indicated in the left wing. 



Oligotoma Miohaeli. Atra, subnitida ; capite infra in medio 

 paulo rufescente. Antennae 24!-articulat3e, nigrse ; articulis 5-6 

 ultimis flavidis, ultimo parvulo. Pedes nigri, fusco-pilosi, tarsis 

 subtestaceis. Alae nigro-fuscse, albido ^-striatse ; venis plerumque 

 nigris. Long. corp. 10| millim. Expans. alar. 18 millim. 



Hah. in India orientali. 



Deep black, somewhat shining. Head elongate, with a large, 

 nearly circular, shallow depression on the disk above ; eyes large ; 

 beneath, the portion below the labium, joining on to the neck, is 

 reddish. Antennae black, witb black hairs, 24-jointed, the 1st 

 joint large but short, 2nd very small, 3rd nearly as long as the 

 1st and 2nd united, the succeeding two or three joints rather 

 short ; but afterwards they became elongate ; gradually decreasing 

 in length near the apex, the apical five joints yellowish, and tbe 

 6th from the apex also tinged with yellow, the terminal joint 

 small and obtuse : in length the antennae nearly equal the head 

 and thorax united. Maxillary palpi stout, the last two joints 

 longer than the others. Pronotum much narrowed in front, 

 nearly twice as long as broad. Meso- and metanota nearly equal. 

 Legs black, with blackish hairs ; knees and tarsi somewhat testa- 

 ceous. Abdomen black, with black hairs ; caudal processes long, 

 but very asymmetrical, black, with black hairs ; the right has the 

 basal joint very broad, nearly quadrate ; whereas in the left it is 

 slender and fully twice as long ; a slender process with piceous 

 apex projects from the base of the right ; ventrally is a large trian- 

 gular projection of the last segment, concave above. Wings 

 narrow, dark smoky fuscous, the membrane transversely rugose 

 ^but not visibly tub erculate) ; the costal margin appears darker 

 in consequence of the thick, black, coalescent subcosta and radius ; 

 the oblique postcostal vein also thickened and deep black ; the 



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