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Plecoptera approximans, n. sp. 
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen violaceous whitish irrorated 
with a few black-brown scales, the tegulae tinged with red- 
brown and with dark brown tips ; tarsi banded black- brown 
and white. Fore wing violaceous whitish tinged and irrorated 
with red-brown ; a black-brown streak in base of submedian 
fold ; subbasal line black-brown, sinuous, from costa to vein 
1 ; antemedial line black-brown, double towards costa, 
excurved below submedian fold ; the medial area with three 
very indistinct sinuous lines ; reniform large, faintly defined 
by brownish and on outer side by white ; postmedial line 
double, the inner line black- brown, the outer faint, oblique 
to vein 6, then sinuous ; subterminal fine closely approxi- 
mated to the postmedial line, strong, black-brown, oblique, 
slightly excurved at middle and produced to a short streak 
on costa ; two black-brown streaks below apex, then a faint 
shade with slight blackish marks at the veins ; a waved 
black- brown terminal line. Hind wing white slightly tinged 
with red-brown, the terminal area broadly suffused with 
reddish brown ; a slight waved brown terminal line. Under- 
side white, the fore wing and costal area of hind wing tinged 
with red -brown, the terminal areas suffused with dark brown 
except towards tornus of hind wing. 
Hnb. Br. E. Africa ( Hinde ), 1 $ type. Exp. 42 millim. 
Plecoptera diplogramma, n.sp. 
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with red- 
brown ; antennae brown. Fore wing whitish tinged with 
red-brown and slightly irrorated with dark brown ; ante- 
medial line brown, erect and straight, very slightly bent 
inwards to costa ; two slight brown discoidal points ; some 
dark brown on costa before the postmedial line which is 
white defined on outer side by dark points at the veins, 
somewhat oblique and slightly curved ; subterminal line 
hardly traceable, faintly defined on inner side by a sinuous 
brown line and on outer by the terminal area being more 
strongly tinged with red-brown ; cilia reddish brown with a 
fine white line at base. Hind wing white tinged and irrorated 
with red-brown ; a narrow white postmedial band traversed 
by a fine brown line and with some dark brown on its outer 
edge ; the termen redder brown : cilia red-brown with a 
fine white line at base. Underside white, tinged and irrorated 
with rufous except on inner area. 
$. Rather browner. 
Hnb. Br. E. Africa, Kibauni (Crmcxhnt/), 1 $ type; 
Uganda, Gondokoro (Reynes-Cole). I y. Exp. 32 millim. 
