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  family 
  Mecupodiclcs. 
  407 
  

  

  species 
  may 
  be 
  open 
  to 
  question. 
  In 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  a 
  

   series 
  of 
  M. 
  lamellata 
  it 
  is 
  better 
  to 
  regard 
  M. 
  latipennis, 
  

   Biirm., 
  as 
  provisionally 
  distinct. 
  

  

  5. 
  Mecopoda 
  latipennis. 
  

  

  Burm., 
  Handb. 
  Ent., 
  ii., 
  p. 
  686, 
  n. 
  2 
  (1839). 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Natal. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  are 
  rather 
  

   larger 
  than 
  Burmeister's 
  type. 
  The 
  male 
  has 
  green 
  or 
  

   brown 
  tegmina 
  ; 
  the 
  female 
  has 
  brown 
  tegmina, 
  with 
  a 
  

   longitudinal 
  row 
  of 
  black 
  spots, 
  bordered 
  outside 
  with 
  

   white, 
  and 
  followed 
  by 
  some 
  detached 
  whitish 
  markings. 
  

  

  6. 
  Mecopoda 
  frontalis. 
  

  

  Mecopoda 
  frontalis, 
  Walk., 
  Cat. 
  Derm. 
  Salt., 
  v., 
  p. 
  48 
  

  

  (1871). 
  

   M. 
  monroviana, 
  Karsch, 
  Berl. 
  Ent. 
  Zeitschr., 
  xxx., 
  

  

  p. 
  112, 
  pi. 
  iii., 
  fig. 
  4 
  (1886). 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Monrovia 
  (Karsch) 
  ; 
  Sierra 
  Leone. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

   A 
  very 
  dark-coloured 
  species. 
  

  

  7. 
  Mecopoda 
  ivalkeri, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Mecopoda 
  imperator, 
  Walk., 
  Cat. 
  Derm. 
  Salt., 
  iii., 
  

   p. 
  458, 
  n. 
  4 
  (1874). 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Philippines. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  A 
  true 
  Mecopoda, 
  but 
  with 
  broader 
  tegmina 
  than 
  the 
  

   other 
  species. 
  It 
  has 
  nothing 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Macrolyristes. 
  

  

  8. 
  Mecopoda 
  platyphaa. 
  

  

  Walk., 
  Cat. 
  Derm. 
  Salt., 
  iii., 
  p. 
  458, 
  n. 
  5 
  (1870). 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Ceylon. 
  B. 
  M. 
  

  

  One 
  pair. 
  The 
  tegmina 
  are 
  green 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  and 
  

   brown 
  in 
  the 
  female. 
  

  

  9. 
  Mecopoda 
  karschi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Male. 
  Dark 
  chocolate-brown, 
  indistinctly 
  mottled 
  with 
  paler 
  

   and 
  darker. 
  Head 
  with 
  pale 
  carinas 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  

   eyes 
  ; 
  behind 
  these 
  are 
  two 
  pale 
  spots 
  adjoining 
  each 
  eye, 
  the 
  

  

  