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17. Apical segment at least of abdomen red; wings 



f'usco- violaceous ^ 18. 



Abdomen wbolly black ; wings flavo- or f usco-byaline. 19. 



18. Apical abdominal segment onlj' red; thorax not 



coarsely punctured *^. melanaria Cam. 



Two apical abdominal segments red; thorax very 



coarsely sculptured *A.. donaldsoni Fox. 



19. Wings flavo-hyaline ; third transverse cubital nervure 



received close to the apex of the radial cell A. insularis Sm. 



Wings fusco-hy aline; fourth abscissa of the radius 



as long as the first , -4. natalica Turn. 



20. Radial cell narrowly truncate at apex. Length 5 mm. A. minima Turn. 

 Radial cell broadly rounded at apex. Length 9 mm. 



or more 21. 



21. Head and thorax black with pale yellow markings ... 22. 

 Head and thorax without yellow markings, thorax 



black or more or less red A. erythronota Cam. 



22. Abdomen ferruginous *A. saualcinensis Magr. 



Abdomen black A. arahica Turn. 



23. Abdomen black without markings 24. 



Abdomen marked with yellow or white 25. 



24. Antennee orange ; head and thorax closely punctured. A. chilensis Guer. 

 Antennas black; head and thorax very sparsely 



punctured A. carhonaria Burm. 



25. Wings ilavo-hj'aline ; abdomen with four or five 



interrupted yellow bands 26. 



Wings fusco-hyaliue; abdomen with one or two 



yellowish lateral spots 27. 



26. Legs ferruginous A. anfennata Sm. 



Legs black .- *A. erytliropyga Burm. 



27. Vertex smooth and shining; third dorsal segment 



only with lateral spots A. hipunctata Perty. 



Vertex sparsely punctured ; second and third dorsal 



segments with whitish lateral spots A. alhomacidata Sxa. 



1. Anthobosca austealis Sichel. (PL LXXXII. figs. 1,2; 

 PJ, LXXXIII. figs. 1, 3, 6, 14.) 



Cosila australis Sicliel, Sauss. et Sichel, Cat. spec. gen. Scolia, 

 p. 261 (1864), $ . 



Bimor'phopUra scoliiformis »Sm. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 238 

 (1868), $. 



Cosila {Callosila) australis Sauss. in Grandidier, Hist. Mada- 

 gascar, XX. p. 232 (1892), $ . 



Dimorphoptera nigripennis Sm. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 239 

 (1868), 6. 



2 . The radial cell is pointed and detached from the costa at 

 the apex, receiving the second transverse cubital nervure close to 

 the middle, the second abscissa of the radius almost as long as the 

 third. First recurrent nervure received close to the middle of 

 the second cubital cell, second at one-third from the base of the 

 third cubital cell. Third cubital cell fully half as long again on 

 the cubital as on the radial nervure. Basal lobe of tarsal ungues 

 bluntly rounded. Basal joint of hind tarsi with a scopa beneath, 

 in which is a row of longer black spines. Sparsely punctured, 

 shining ; pronotum and scutellum more closely punctured ; 

 pygidium densely clothed with long black pubescence. 



.Black, with black pubescence. Wings fusco-violficeous. 



Lensfth 28 mm. 



