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flavo-albidus, cinereo-villosus. Vertex fusco-villosus. Occiput flavo- 

 albidum, supra in medio flavum. Thorax flavus, supra vittis tri- 

 bus, infra strigis tribus obliquis, nigris, ornatus. Pedes flavi; tarsis 

 nigris. Abdomen supra aurantiacum, vitta utrinque dentata, mar- 

 ginibusque segmentorum, nigris, maculis geminatis flavis ; infra ad 

 basin flavum ; vitta raediana lanceolata nigra ; <? appendicibus flavis, 

 spinis brevibus nigris vestitis. Alaj vitreae ; huraeris radioque flavis; 

 venarum venularumque ca;teris, pterostigmateque, nigris. Long. 

 Corp. c? cum api)end. 16'", $ 14'"; exp. alar, antic. <? 31'", $ 38'"- 

 postic. c? 2G'", 2 34"'. 

 Hab. Cape of Good Hope. The d in my collection, the ? in that 

 of the British Museum. 



2. E. AMICUS, nov. sp. Antennje nigrae, ad basin pices. Frons fla- 

 vidus, flavo-villosus. Vertex fusco-villosus. Thorax flavus, supra 

 vittis duabus nigris ornatus; infra flavidum, utrinque fuscescens. 

 Pedes omnino flavi. Abdomen ad basin flavum, utrinque vitta nigra 

 dentata ornatum. Alae vitrcjE ; humeris, pterostigmate, subcosta, 

 radio, cubitisque ad basin, flavis, venarum venularumque cseteris 

 nigricantibus. Long. corp. ? (abdomen mutilatum) ; exp. alar, antic. 

 34"', postic. 29"'. 



Hab. Natal. In De Selys's collection. 



Closely allied to flavilinca. The single individual appears to 

 be a $ ; but the abdomen wants all but the basal segments. 



3. E.(?) RUFo-picTus, Walker. (Ascal. rufo-pictus. Walk. Cat. Brit. 

 Mus. Neurop. p. 423.) Antenna3 paullo flexuosa;, ruf«; clava nigra. 

 Vertex occiputque rufi. Thorax obscure rufescens, infra griseo- 

 villosus. Pedes rufi; tibiis ad basin, tarsisque nigris. Abdomen 

 rufo-griseum, supra maculis utrinque nigris. Ala; fere vitrea;, vix 

 fhivido-tincta; ; pterostigmate magno, rufo ; venis vcnulisque flavidis 

 ( $ ). Long. Corp. 15'" ; exp. alar, antic. 38"', postic. 34"'. 



Hab. Sierra Leone (Morgan), 



I tliink this species belongs to the genus, though certainty is 

 not obtainable without seeing the c? • 



4. E. (?) LONGISTIGMA, nov. sp. Antennae nigne vel piceo-nigra. Frons 

 rufo-ochraceus, aureo-villosus. Thorax sordide ochraceus, fusco-signa- 

 tus. Pedes nigri ; genibus testaceis ( $ ). Abdomen breve, obesum, 

 fuscum; vitta dorsali ventralique rufo-ochracea, nigro-interrupta. 

 Alae pallide fulvo-tinctae ; cellulis plurimis saturatiore fulvo pupil- 

 latis; pterostigmate perelongato, piceo-nigro ; area postigmaticali 

 cellulis paucis, magnis, instructa ; antica; in medio paullo dilatato, 

 basin versus gradntim angustiores ; postica; fere dimidio angustiores, 

 subacutse ( $ ). Long. corp. 10"' ; exp. alar, antic. 31"', postic. 26'". 



Hab. White Nile. In my collection. 



