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Female. Blackish. Head smooth ; tip of the vertex and an adjoining 

 conical spot on the front luteous. Eyes tawny, short-elliptical, slightly 

 prominent. Antenna? reddish. Prothorax punctured ; transverse impressed 

 lines indistinct. Sheath of the oviduct slightly curved, as long as the 

 abdomen. Hind femora much longer than the body, with a few minute 

 spines beneath ; hind tibial as long as the hind femora ; fore tibiae tawny. 

 Fore wings dark brown, much longer than the body. Length of the body 

 16 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 48 lines. 



The prothorax is narrower than that of M. latipennis. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Salmon's collection. 



Page 493. 

 Pboscopia sexspinosa. 

 sexspinosa, Philippi, Zeitschr. Gesammt. Natururiss. xxi. 237. 

 Chili. 



Peoscopia geacilis. 

 gracilis, Philippi, Zeitschr. Gesammt. Naturwiss. xxi. 

 Chili. 



Proscopia austbalib. 

 australis, Philippi, Zeitschr. Gesammt. Naturwiss. xxi. 

 Chili. 



Page 495. 

 Tetxalis unguiculata. 

 rosana? Charp. Lucas, A. S. E. F. 2me Ser. ix. 355. 

 Algeria. 



Tbyxalis vaeiabilis. 

 unguiculata, var. P 

 a. Egypt. From M. Brunner de Wattenwyl's collection. 



Tbyxalis sulphdbipennis. 



sulphuripennis, Gerst. Arch. Nat. xxxv. 215. 



Zanzibar. 



Page 496. 



Tryxalis Sinensis. 



Mas. Testacea, tricarinata, fulvo subquadrivittaia ; prothorax capiti 

 aquilongus, margine poslico fere recto ; ala postica diaphana, pallido 

 venosce. 



Male. Testaceous. Head and prothorax with three slight keels and 

 with four indistinct tawny stripes. Head lanceolate, slightly ascending, 

 as long as the prothorax. Prothorax with two slight transverse impressed 

 lines; fore border, sides and hind border nearly straight. Hind femora 



