24 OK njoi' ri;i\'.\ 



aini)le. Abdomen bacillilc irm, slii^litly e.\])an(lc(l distjilly, median segments with their ajiical margins 

 supplied with fohaeeous frdls: supra-anal jilatc ( 9j transverse stdxitiadiate. maigin liiiobale; cerci (9) 

 blunt, ilepressed, fusifoim. Anterior lindis w ith their lateral laces grani isn-tubcu uhite ; anteiior coxa' 

 about two-fihhs the lengtli ot the ))ronotum. the dist.d e\]),i nsion ralhei long and low and with its 

 margin weakly scM ialo-dentate ; anterior temnia slightly longer than tlic coxa;, slighth' boweii dorsalh- 

 about a third the lengtli from the distal extremity, tapering, stiongi}' graiKJSo-tubercnIate on the junximal 

 two-fifths of the ventral margin, distally armed with four spines on the extern.il and with a much more 

 numerous (thirteen or foiuteen) series of unequal and irregularl}' disposed spines on the internal maigin, 

 discoidal spines lour (i ) in luimber; anterior tibia^ short, with seven spines on the external margin and 

 thirteen or fourteen on the internal maigin. Median limbs moderatel\- elongate, sirongh' carinate; 

 femora with a dorsal and a ventral lobe near the ajiex, tibia' with a similir ]>reinedian })air. Caudal 

 limbs verv^ slender and elongate, carinate. not lobed. 



Type of the genus : .V. pInts}iioidc^. .Sjöstedt. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Two sjiecies are known from Ivpiatorial Africa. 



1. pJiasmoides, Sjostt'dt, lîiliang .Svenska \'et.-Akad. Ilandl. \"ol. 25, I'lench (■ong(i. 

 Afd. 4. no. 6, p. ^3, ]il. ft. i, z (igoo). 



2. M. eloiioata (l)e l->ori'e). Ann. Soc. Knt. I>elg. \"ol. 27, j). 76 (i883) SoiUhern (iuinea. 



{Dann n'a ). 



23. Genus DANURIA, Stal 



Danuria. Stal, Oelv. \'et.-Akad. l-'uih. \'ol. i3, \k 16.) (1S.S6); \'ol. 28, p. 387 (1871): Bihang Svenska 

 \ et.-Akad. Ilandl. \'ol. 4. no. lo, p. 70 (1877); Karsch, Ent. Xachr. \'ol. i5, p. 270 (1889); 

 Werner. Jahresb. \'er. Vat. Nat. Württemberg, Vol. 62, p. 374 (igoG): .Sjöstedt, \Mssensch. 

 Ergebn. Schwed. Zool. Exped. Kilimandjaro, Pt. 17. Orth. p. 72 (igoq). 



Daniura. Saussure, Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. (ies. Vol. 3, p. 70 lEapse lor Danuria) (1869). 



Characters. — Body considerably elongate, slender, subequal. Head comju'essed; exes pro- 

 tuberant, elongate oN'ate, attenuate dorsallv ; occiput abox'e each eye produced into a decided auriculate 

 acute lol)e, the intervening ])ortion of the occiput emarginato-truncate and on its anterior face bearing 

 four tubercles divided b\' sulci; facial shield transverse, obtuse-angulate dorsalh'; antenna: of male 

 elongate, monilifurm. of lemale short. Pronotimi slender, subequal. supiacoxal dilation \'ery slight; 

 anterior margin nbliqui-h- emarginate laterally, trmicate mesially; lateral margins entireh' spinose 

 or granulöse; median carina distinctly but not strongly marked. Tegmina and wings verv ample in the 

 male and reaching almost to the apex of the al)domen, quite short in the female, coveting but a very small 

 portion of the abdomen. Abdomen elongate: supra-anal plate of male transverse, subbilobate; cerci 

 of male blimt terete. Limbs elongate, slender, anterior pair sparselv granulöse, median and jKjsteiior 

 pairs strongly carinate. not lobate. Anterior coxœ not less than half the length ol the pronotum, the 

 posterior face considerably granulöse, distal expansion decided, angulate and with its margin serrato- 

 dentate, median constriction pronounced: anterior femora exceeding the cr)xa' in length, slender, 

 straight, distal jiortion with four spines on the external and twelve on the internal margins, discoidal 

 spines four in number: anterior til)iœ with seven or eight spines externall}- and ele\"en or twelve 

 internal!}' ; proximal joint of the tarsi over half again as long as the remaining joints united. Median 

 and posterior limbs not lobed. the distal portion of the posterior carina of the median femora w ith or 

 without a slight dentate expansion. 



(i) Sjöstedt ^ives l)ut tliree. However, a specimen in liand sliows four present on one femur and merely the stump of the loiirtli on tliç utlier. 



