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pubescence, while the others are nearly glabrous, the third joint is a 

 little longer than the fourth ; prothorax nearly smooth, faintly im- 

 pressed in the centre, the impression smooth ; elytra deeply seriato- 

 punctate, and having on each side two rows only of dorsal spines far 

 distant from one another and a marginal one of equal length, but 

 more closely set ; the hind spine on the lateral margin of the 

 prothorax is much shorter than those on the stalk. Length 5 mm. ; 

 width 2i mm. 



Hal. Natal (Maritzburg). 



HlSPA VEXATRIX, 11. Sp. 



Black, with a faint bluish tinge, shining, glabrous ; closely allied 

 to the preceding species, the description of which applies also to the 

 present one ; it is, however, differentiated by the number of dorsal 

 series of spines on the elytra, which is three instead of two, and the 

 lateral spine of the margin of the prothorax is longer than the 

 spines on the stalk instead of being much shorter. Length 5 mm. ; 

 width 2^- mm. 



Hab. Natal (Eshowe). 



HISPA TOKULOSA, Chap., 

 Ann. d. Belg., 1877, p. 52. 

 Hah. Transvaal (Potchefstroom), Zambesia (Salisbury). 



HISPA OVAMPOA, n. sp. 



Dark brown, with a bronze tinge, very shining, glabrous ; antennae 

 moderately long and thick, third joint short, but twice the length of 

 the fourth, the three following of equal size, the five ultimate ones 

 thickened, short, closely set, and sericeous; prothorax deeply and 

 closely punctured and having on each side a smooth space next 

 to the spinose stalk and the posterior spine, and a longitudinal 

 median line ; the hind spine is much shorter than those on the 

 stalk ; elytra having on each side four dorsal rows of short spines 

 set somewhat closely, and a marginal one of similar spines. Length 

 5 mm. ; width 2 mm. 



Hab. Ovampoland (Ornarramba), A. W. Eriksson. 



HISPA VICINALIS, 11. sp. 



Eeddish brown, covered with a long pubescence ; antennae mode- 

 rately long, with the six basal joints moderately slender and the five 

 ultimate ones nearly twice as thick, and the four penultimate ones 

 subnioniliform ; the four basal joints and sometimes the fourth and 



