Genus Nyssorhynchus, 99 
but the wing and leg-markings differ, and it is more’ speckled 
(the palpi as well as the legs are speckled). It also has two 
equal broad bands on the palpi, and one narrow one” (March 
20.02). 
Var. INDIENSIS. 
Resembles the type in all respects, but the hind legs are not 
quite so banded. There is some variation in the wing-markings. 
These specimens were sent over by Dr. Christophers, labelled 
A. Jamesii, Theobald. They are double the size of that species 
and much darker, and cannot well be confounded with it. 
This species also seems to have been wale a in the Canara 
district by Mr. Aitken. 
_NyssoRHYNCHUS PRETORIENSIS. 0. sp. 
(Plate V.) 
Closely related to N. maculipalpis, but the palpi are not 
mottled and are somewhat longer ; the two white apical bands 
are further apart. ‘The hind tarsi have also different ornamenta- 
tion ; the second hind tarsus has a small black patch near its 
base ; the metatarsus is mottled with white and black, and has a 
broad white apical band like the first tarsal. The last two hind 
tarsi only being all white. 
I can detect no structural differences from maculipalpis ; but 
_ the absence of spotted palpi will at once separate it, and also the 
less scaly nature of the palpi, and the differently adorned 
hind tarsi. The wing scales are shown on Plate V. 
Length.—As in maculipalpis. 
Habitat.—Pretoria (Dr. Theiler). 
Observations.—Described from a large series sent by Dr. 
Theiler, per Colonel David Bruce, F.R.S. It is subject to much 
variation, and is closely related to N. maculipalpis, but the 
unspotted palpi at once separate it. Moreover, the larvae have 
simple frontal hairs; and thus, if I am right in placing the 
Jamesti of the Royal Commission Reports as the maculipalpis of 
Africa—and I cannot see my way to do otherwise—it is clearly 
distinct ; for in the Indian species, and presumably the species in 
Africa, with speckled palpi, the frontal hairs of the larva are not 
all simple (compare figs. 57 and 58). 
Dr. Theiler observed this species first on the 10th of Februar Ys 
and it gradually became more prevalent, superseding the other 
common species (cinereus) in April, is 
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