Tatocnemis malgassica . (Woodcut, p. 301.)

Exp. al. 72 millim.; long. corp. 50 millim.

Male. Head black above, pale reddish beneath; ocelli, the base of the labrum, two spots within the eve, and the occiput tawny or reddish; thorax black above and on the sides, yellowish beneath; middle of prothorax dull reddish above; mesothorax with two oblique tawny shoulder-stripes, connected by an oblique line at the base of the wings; legs red, yellow at base of femora, knees blackish: abdomen bright red, the first joint with some blackish markings on the sides above; wings yellowish hyaline, with black nervures, pterostigma tawny.

Hab. Betsileo, Madagascar (Rev. Deans Cowan).