Catalogue of the South African Hispince. 123 



HlSPA CONGKUA, n. sp. 



Light brown, with a slight bronze tinge, spines black, legs flavous ; 

 antennae flavescent, with the two, and sometimes the three basal 

 joints infuscate, first joint moderately long, more than twice as 

 long as the second one, third to sixth moderately slender, third one- 

 third longer than the fourth, the five ultimate ones twice as thick 

 as the intermediate, pubescent, the three penultimate ones not 

 much longer than broad ; thorax pubescent, narrowly grooved longi- 

 tudinally in the centre and with a small denuded areolet on each 

 side ; elytra nearly twice as broad as the prothorax, glabrous and 

 having on each side three dorsal rows of moderately long spines, 

 and a few short spines along the suture ; the spines of the outer 

 margin are not closely set and are nearly as long as the dorsal ones. 

 Length 4 mm. 



Hab. Natal (Durban), C. N. Barker. 



HISPA DISSIMILIS, n. sp. 



Light brown, without any bronze tinge ; antennae long, flavescent 

 with the two basal joints black or deeply infuscate, third joint one- 

 third as long as the fourth, the last five joints one-fourth thicker 

 than the intermediate ones which are slender and pubescent ; 

 thorax pubescent, grooved longitudinally in the middle and with an 

 impression on each side of the groove, spines light brown ; elytra 

 light reddish brown with the spines black and an Eeneous dark patch 

 at their base, twice as broad as the thorax, foveate, and with three 

 dorsal series, and a marginal one on each side, of long, dark brown 

 spines distant from one another ; legs flavescent. 



Allied to the preceding species and mainly distinguished, apart 

 from the colour, by the more elongated intermediate joints of the 

 antennae, the penultimate joints are also less submoniliform. 

 Length 4f-5 mm. ; width 2f 3 mm. 



Hab. Natal (Malvern), C. N. Barker ; (Port Shepstone), G. A. K. 

 Marshall; (Frere), A. E. Haviland. 



HISPA GEATULA, n. sp. 



Light bronze, with a flavescent tinge ; antennae flavescent, very 

 long and very slender, the two basal joints light brown, third joint 

 one-third longer than the fourth, the five ultimate sericeous, elon- 

 gate, the two penultimate ones sub-moniliform ; prothorax and spines 

 sub-flavescent, briefly pubescent, very faintly grooved longitudinally 

 in the middle, and having on each side a diagonal, narrow, 

 denuded, elongated patch, elytra foveolate, clothed with a very 

 brief, scattered pubescence, and having two dorsal series of 



