240 MB. B. itLACTlLXS OS MEW SPECIES ETC. OE 3fETJBOPTEfiA, 



eosta, and radius black, die rest <rf the Teins and Teinlets yeDoirish. 

 Posterior wimgg siimlar in form to the antenor, and scarcely pocep- 

 tibljr shorter, hyaline ; costal transvose black spots less in nnmbo- ; 

 the basal half ftf the wing with a rery irr^olar broad angnlated black 

 hseia. with a long irr^nlar jHolongation almost reaching the base ; 

 beyond this is another ^seia composed of two large more or less 

 united blaek spoU, whoeof die lower one is very much the largo^ ; 

 two lines and some bladk pcnnts in the apex; a line before the dorsal 

 margin, wliidi is not complete but more or less broken np into spots; 

 cokmringofthcTeimasin the anterior wings; the knobbed appoidage 

 at the base testaceous. Legs black, with strong black spines and 

 white hairs intermingled; tarsi brown; tibial qmrs as long as the two 

 first tarsal jirints, sli^tly curbed; claws nearly as long as the last 

 tarsal joint. Abdomen not nearly so long as the wings, stout in the 

 femaie, reddish testaceous, the apex and segmental divisions blackish, 

 clothed with fine white pubescence : in the male the appendices are 

 short, black, nearly cylindrical, the tips flattened, curved sbongly 

 downwards, with the tips directed upwards, forming almost a semicircle. 

 I poseess three examples (1 <; , 2 $ ) of this eaormous insect 

 from Damara Land. 



Palpabes HPAuac^, n. sp. Flaros. Antennae nigrae. Caput flamm, 

 nigro nnirtttatum. Thorax dense albido hirsutns, flams, nigro-tri- 

 vittatus; pectus flavo nigroqne omatum. Abe ad apieem diiatatae, 

 snbobtusae, aUndo-hyalins, punctis parris fix regnlariter nigro con- 

 tpease; margine costali punctis majoribns; pterostigmate et (^) 

 spatio subcostaU pallide flaris ; venis Tcnulisque flavis : posticae ( $ ) 

 macnlis tribus reticulatis nigris. Pedes flari ; tarsis nigris. Abdomen 

 flamm, utrinque et infra late nigrum; ^ appendictbus cylindricis regn- 

 lariter cunratis, flaris. (S $ . Long' carp. 2" ; exp. alar. 3" 1 r"-4" /'". 



Hab. " Damara Land " et 2^mbesi. In collect, auct. 



Pale yellow. Antenna: h\ac\L, nearly the length of the thorax. Head 

 pale yellow ; the vertex above with a median broad black line expand- 

 ing about the base of the antennae ; face yellow, with a quadrate black 

 spot ; palpi blackish, yellow at the articulations ; eyes leaden black. 

 Prothortue very short, much broader th«i long, with a deep transvose 

 channel in the middle, the margins on either side of which are strongly 

 elevated. The whole of the pro-, meso-, and metathcrtu is clothed above 

 and beneath with fine long whitish pubescence ; pale yellow, above 

 with three broad lon^tudinal black vitt^e ; beneath black, with large 

 yellow spots. Wingx much dilated beyond the middle, snbobtnee; 

 pale whitish,, hyaline, the broad apieal marginal region more opaque ; 

 pterostigma, the attachments at the base, and tbe subcostal area pale 

 yellow ; costal margin with rather large subquadrate black spots ; tbe 

 whole of the rest of tbe wing prettj- regularly sprinkled with small 

 black spots, which are less numerous on the posterior wings ; veins 



