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verv distinct; the cross veins paler. Pterostigma short and broad, 

 brown. Legs pale brown; the apices of femora and tibiae blackish; 

 subquadrangular or subtriangular, its colour only difFering little 

 from that of the wing. The ist anal vein is short and terminâtes 

 nearer to the base, than the fnrcation of the radial sector and 

 média takes place; onlv one basai cross vein between 2nd cubital 

 vein and ist anal vein. 



Length of fore wing ii mm; hind wing 9 mm. 



One spécimen, female in the collection of the Muséum of 

 Vienna, labelled « Africa », and one spécimen, female, from Obok 

 in the Muséum of Paris, named bv Prof. Navas himself. 



It is the smallest species of Bittacus from Africa. 



5. — Bittacus pobeguini Navas. 



Haplodiclyiis l'obegtiini Navas. 

 pag. 414, !ip;. i6. 



lem. Real Acad. Cienc. Art. Barc. iç 



Head brown; ocelli and the 

 space between them black ; 

 rostrum brownish black to- 

 wards the apex; maxillarv palpi 

 dark bi'own in their apical part. 

 Antennae pitchy brown; the 

 two basai joints pale brown. 

 Thorax brown, abdomen pale 

 brown. Fore femora pitchy 

 broAvn in the apical and brown 

 in the basai half part. Fore 

 tibiae brown with a broad black 

 band at the apex. Intermediate 

 and hind femora and tibiae 

 vellowish brown with a black 

 band at the apex. Wings hyaline with strong sinoky tinge, espe- 

 cially along the fore margin and at the apex. The nervures dark 

 smoky brown. Pterostigma about 3 times longer than broad, sub- 

 triangular. 



Length of body 15 mm, fore wing 17 mm, hind wing 15 mm. 



FlG. 4. 



Bittacus pobegttim cf. Appendices 

 anales, seen from side. 



