118 Annals of the South African Museum. 



GEN. HISPELLA, Chap., 

 Lacordaire's Genera, vol. xi. p. 334. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Elytra bronze, shining, spines moderately long spuria. 



Elytra blue-black, moderately shining, spines short promontorii. 



HISPELLA SPUKIA, n. sp. 



Black, nearly glabrous, elytra with a bright bronze sheen ; antennae 

 hardly longer than the head and prothorax, joints closely set, the 

 basal one with a long, setiforni spine on the outward apical part, 

 third joint as long as the first, but not quite so broad ; prothorax 

 longer than broad, attenuate in front, deeply grooved in the centre 

 with the discoidal part raised on each side, anterior margin with 

 long, divaricating spines, one on each side of the median groove, 

 outer margin with three long spines, the two anterior ones springing 

 from one stalk ; elytra linear, one-third wider than the prothorax, 

 deeply seriato-foveolate and having on each side three dorsal rows of 

 moderately long spines and a marginal one of similar but more closely 

 set spines. Length 5 mm. ; width 2f mm. 



Hob. Natal (Malvern), C. N. Barker; Estcourt, A. E. Haviland; 

 Transvaal (Potchefstroom), T. Ayres. 



HISPELLA PROMONTORII, n. sp. 



Very closely allied to the preceding species but one-third smaller ; 

 the colour is bluish black instead of bronze, the spines of the anterior 

 margin and also those of the elytra are much shorter in proportion, 

 and also more closely set ; the basal spine of the first joint of 

 antennae is longer, and the third joint is shorter. Length 4 mm. ; 

 width 2-2! mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch). 



GEN. HISPA, Linn., 

 Syst. Nat., ed. xii., 1767, p. 603. 



Synopsis of Species. 

 FIRST DIVISION. 



MEDIAN PART OF ANTERIOR MARGIN OP PROTHORAX SPINOSE, 

 LATERAL MARGINS WITH THREE SEPARATE SPINES. 



A 4 . ANTERIOR MARGIN OP PROTHORAX WITH TWO PERPENDICULAR 



SPINES HAVING A SHARP, SPINIFORM PROCESS NEAR THE BASE. 



Black, glabrous shining, third joint of antennse as long as the 

 three following sobrina. 



