258 MB. E. m'lachlan on a systematic 



disparity of the size of the wings the species approaches 8. dif- 

 formis. The position of the insect is yet doubtful. 



New Caledonia. 



11. S.(?) Caledon, nov. sp. (Antennaj mutilata;). Frons fuscus, 

 griseo-villosus, inter antennas nigro-villosus ; clypco, labro, inargini- 

 busque oculorum, flavo-ochraceis. Vertex griseo-villosus. Thorax 

 abdomenque supra fusci, infra griseo-pruinosi. Pedes nigri ; femo- 

 ribus piceis. Alse sat latse, subsequales, sed posticse anticis bre- 

 viores ; humeris flavo-fuscis ; pterostigraate fusco-nigro ; cellulis arese 

 poststigmatiealis triseriatis. Long. corp. 13'" j exp. alar, antic. 34'", 

 postic, 30'". 



Hab. New Caledonia. In my collection and in that of Baron de 

 Selys Longchamps. 



Africa. 



12. S. (?) CEPHALOTES, nov. sp. Caput, cum oculis, permagnum. 

 Antennae nigrae, articulo basali ochraceo. Frons fuscus, clypeo, 

 labro, lateribusque flavis. Vertex nigro-villosus. Thorax supra 

 griseo-fuscus, infra utrinque ochraceus, cano-villosus. Pedes nigri ; 

 fenioribus vix nigro-piceis. Abdomen breve, nigrum, infra utrinque 

 aurantiaco-maculatum. Alae sat latiores, vix dilatatae; pterostig- 

 mate intense nigro : posticae anticis valde breviores ; area costali 

 ad basin pauUo gradatim dilatata. Long. corp. 11'"; exp. alar, 

 antic. 33'", postic. 26'". 



Hab. Madagascar. In my collection. 



Seems to be more allied to S. Galedon than to the other African 

 species. 



13. S.(?) abdominalis, nov. sp. Antenna: piceae ; clava nigra, fla- 

 vido-annulata. Frona flavidus, nigro-villosus. Vertex nigro-vil- 

 losus. Occiput sordide flavidum. Thorax supra saturate griseo- 

 ochraceus, antice et in medio nigro-notatus, fusco-villosus, infra 

 pallidior. Pedes nigri; femoribus flavis, ad apicem nigris, prope 

 basin fusco-cingulatis. Abdomen attenuatum, subcylindricum, per- 

 elongatum (alis valde longius), nigrum, basin versus sordide ochra- 

 ceum, fusco-varium, spinis brevibus utrinque dense instructum. AIeb 

 elongatee, angustatse, hand dilatatae ; pterostigmate nigro-fusco, nigro- 

 venato ; area poststigmaticali infuscata. Long. corp. 20'" ; exp. alar, 

 antic. 32'", postic. 26'". 



Hab. Gaboon. One S in my collection. 



A second example in the Oxford Museum, perhaps a $ , differs 

 in the wings being much clouded all over with smoky brown. 

 The underside of the thorax 'and base of the abdomen is of a 

 pale salmon-colour. 



