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Show 42 MR. C. Y. A. PEEL AND OTHERS ON [Jan. 23, superantes, basi incrassata. Lamina supraanalis d oblong a. Cerci d longi, teretes, acuminati, apice mucronati. Lamina subgenitalis d elongata, triangulariter emarginata, cercos haud superans. d. d. Long, pronoti 12-5 m m. „ corporis 4 „ alarum 23*75 „ elytrorum 14*75 Lat. elytrorum medio 2*75 Long, femorum posticarum 16 Patria. North-west Somaliland, Whardi Datal, July 26, 1895. One male. Type in Hope Collection, Oxford. This species comes nearest to Ph. nana Charp., but may be distinguished by the absence of the basal spots of the elytra, which also separates it from Ph. quadripunctata Br. The minute black dots all over the body resemble those of Leptophges punctalissima, Bosc. MILITITSA, gen. nov. In tribum Terpnistriarum locandum. d ignotus. Fastigium verticis sulcatum et compressum. Frons brevis, perpendicularis. Oculi valde globosi. Pronotum sellceforme, disco antice elevatum, obtusion, postice deplanato, margine ipso sub-elevato, rotundato, carinis lateralibus nullis; lobis defiexis altioribus quam longioribus, marginibus rotundatis. Elytra angusta, paullo ante medium latiora, dehinc attenuata, margine postico sintiato, apice oblique truncata; vence 2 radiates sub-contiguce, apicem versus divergentes, ramis 1-3 vence ulnaris conjunctis, ramo ultimo in marginem apicalem elytri ecurrente ; vena ulnaris a vena radiali valde remota, in marginem posticum elytri defiexa, ramos nonnullos furcatos albo-circumdatos venam radialem versus eniiltens, quorum postremi ramis vence radialis conjuncti; campus analis basi latus, dehinc angustis-simus, venulis rectis transversis plurimis instructis, in tertia parte apicali elytri evanescens; campus mai'ginalis latus, ad conjunctionem vence radialis anterioris cuui margine antico productus; intra marginem per totam longitudinem elytra anguste decolor, hyalinus. Alcv elytris longiores. Coxce anticce spina nulla instructcv. Femora omnia teretes, postica subtus spinulis 3 armata, lobis gcniculuribus acumiuatis ; tibice anticce et intermedia; compressce, margine postico sjnnulis minimis armatce. Tibice anticce utrinque foramine aperto, oblongo, instructed ; tibice postica' per totam longitudinem utrinque supra spinis albidis, apice rufescentibus, armatce. 3Ieso- et metasternum lobis oblusis instructa. Ovipositor satis magnus, sensim incur vis, apice obtusus, valvula superiore minime crenulato, valvulam inferiorem muticam superans. 2 • This genus may be at once separated from Terpnistria Stal by the unspined pronotum and unlobed legs. The unarmed coxa? |