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which is almost oval : fnre-chcst thinly and roughly punctured, 

 moderately deep and slightly convex in front, rising almost verti- 

 cally from the head, witli a ferruginous and very slight ridge ; 

 shoulders rounded, ferruginous, not prominent ; horns above conical, 

 broad, prismatic, diverging, almost horizontal, very slightly curved 

 downward, at right angles to the chest, in length not exceeding the 

 breadth of the chest between them ; edges ferruginous ; hind side not 

 more than halfthebreadthofthe other sides: legs ferruginous; shanks 

 slightly widened : wings colourless ; fore-wings pitchy and punctured 

 at the base ; veins ferruginous; fourth longitudinal vein pitchy to- 

 wards the base ; four discoidal areolets. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 



8. 0XYRH.*^CHIS VETDSTA, Fcm. 



Nigra, cano-hirta; pectus et ahdomen ferruginea ; pedes ferruginei ; 

 tibial dilatatie ; alie limpida: ; alee antictc basi fulvce. 

 Black, thickly clothed with hoary hairs : head transverse, nar- 

 rower than the fore-chest, truncate and ferruginous on each side of 

 the face, which is almost obconical, and about half the length of the 

 head : eyes very prominent : fore-chest roughly punctured, deep in 

 front, rising vertically from the head, slightly ridged : shoulders 

 almost flat : horns above conical, long, broad, prismatic, porrect, 

 slightly diverging, very slightly ascending, in lengtli full six times 

 the breadth of the chest between them ; upper side narrower than 

 either of the other sides : breast and abdomen ferruginous : abdo- 

 men covered with whitish bloom: legs ferruginous; shanks dilated: 

 wings colourless ; fore-wings punctured and tawny at the base ; veins 

 ferruginous ; four discoidal areolets. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wiugs 7 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueiuzius' collection. 



9. OxYBHACHIS DILATICORNIS, Fem. 



FerrugiTtea ; cornua antica compressa ; tibia: vix dilatatte ; alie 

 limpida; al<B anticte basi ferruginere, atbido fasciatee. 

 Ferruginous, clothed beneath with white down : head and fore- 

 chest thickly punctured : head very short, slightly impressed, trans- 

 versely subfusiform, a little narrower than the chest ; face broad, 

 conical in front, semicircular behind, shorter than the head behind 

 it : eyes very prominent : fore-chest low in front, distinctly ridged, 

 rising almost vertically from the head ; shoulders rounded, not pro- 



