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XlPHOCERA VITTITERA. 



Fcem. Nigra; caput et prothorax luteo quadrivittata ; caput prothorace 

 paullo brevius,fasligio truncato, j route perobliqua luteo quadrivittata ; 

 antenna capiti et protkoraci ad unum aquilonga ; prothorax luteo 

 quadristrigatus ; femora postica luteo bivittala, corpore paullo 

 breviora ; alee anticce luteo bivittala, corpore paullo longiores ; alts 

 postica rosea, apices versus nigra. 



Female. Black, slender. Head and prothorax hardly scabrous, with 

 four luteous stripes, the outer stripes interrupted by the eyes, connected 

 with the inner stripes on the tip of the vertex. Head a little shorter than 

 the prothorax; tip of the vertex truncate-conical ; front very oblique, with 

 two luteous stripes and with four slight keels ; inner" keels nearly 

 contiguous; outer keels diverging. Eyes ferruginous, elliptical, not 

 prominent. Antennae flat, slightly tapering, as long as the head and the 

 prothorax together. Prothorax with two luteous streaks on each side 

 between the outer and inuer stripe and with a very slight keel ; fore border 

 and sides straight; hind border rounded. Hind femora a little shorter than 

 the body, with two luteous stripes on the outer side; hind tibiae a little 

 shorter than the hind femora, their spines small. Fore wings a little 

 longer than the body, with two luteous stripes. Hind wings rosy, black 

 about the tips. Length of the body 10 lines; expansion of the fore wings 

 24 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



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 Genus XIPHOPHORA. 

 Xiphophora, Sauss. Rev. Zool. Ser. 2, xi. 391. 



1. Xiphophora Americana. 

 Americana, Sauss. Rev. Zool. Ser. 2, xi. 391. 

 Guyana. 



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 Genus TROPINOTUS. 

 The longer hind legs distinguish the structure of the American species 

 from that of the Australian species. 



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AKICERA L1NE0SA. 



Mas. Cinerea ; fastigium longum, nigro marginatum, antice incisum ; 



frons fulva, nigro guttata; prolhorax luberculatus, albido bilineatus, 



crista serrata, margine postico angulato bidentato ; venter testaceus ; 



femora postica supra uniseriatim spinosa, subtus bispinosa ; ala 



antica corpore paullo breviores ; ala postica pallide cinerea, antice 



obscuriores nigro venosa. 



Male. Dark cinereous. Vertex of the head elongated, depressed, 



bordered with black on each side, rounded and notched on the fore border ; 



front tawny, erect, with some black dots, and with four well-defined 



