. Bulletin of entomological research. Entomology. Fig. 3. Dicranotropis bridwelli Muir, sp. n.; a, pygofer, back view; b, do., side view. Dark chestnut-brown or black ; antennae, carinae on head and thorax, rostrum and legs lighter brown ; base of dorsum of abdomen and middle of apical tergite light. Tegmina hyaline, fuscous, a clearer hyaline area over subcostal, radial and median apical cells, veins of the same colour as membrane, granules small, bearing small black hairs ; wings hyaline with brown veins. Pygofer as figured (fig. 3). Length, 2*9 mm.; tegmen, 3*8 mm. Nigeria : Oloke-Meji, Iba
. Bulletin of entomological research. Entomology. Fig. 3. Dicranotropis bridwelli Muir, sp. n.; a, pygofer, back view; b, do., side view. Dark chestnut-brown or black ; antennae, carinae on head and thorax, rostrum and legs lighter brown ; base of dorsum of abdomen and middle of apical tergite light. Tegmina hyaline, fuscous, a clearer hyaline area over subcostal, radial and median apical cells, veins of the same colour as membrane, granules small, bearing small black hairs ; wings hyaline with brown veins. Pygofer as figured (fig. 3). Length, 2*9 mm.; tegmen, 3*8 mm. Nigeria : Oloke-Meji, Ibadan, 1914, on coarse grass (J. C. Bridwell). Described from one male specimen. There are two female specimens in the collection which may be this species ; they are much lighter, being nearly uniformly light brown. Dicranotropis ibadanensis, sp. nov. (fig. 4). (J. Macropterous ; head as wide as pronotum, width 2'2 times the length including eyes ; vertex square or very slightly wider than long, base slightly behind middle of eye ; length of face twice the width, sides slightly curved, narrowest. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Great Britain. Colonial Office. Entomological Research Committee; Imperial Institute of Entomology; Commonwealth Institute of Entomology. Farnham Royal : Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux
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