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sixth are black or infuscate, and the others flavescent ; prothorax 

 densely pubescent and with a narrow, denuded longitudinal band ; 

 elytra seriato-punctate, clothed with a long but not dense pubescence, 

 and having on each side three dorsal rows of long, not closely set 

 dark spines and a marginal one, the spines of which are as long 

 as the dorsal, but more closely set ; legs reddish brown, pubescent. 

 Length 3-3J mm. ; width 2 mm. 



Hob. Natal (Yerulam), G. A. K. Marshall, (Malvern), C. N. 

 Barker; Transvaal (Leydenburg), T. Ayres ; Zambesia (Salisbury), 

 G. A. K. Marshall. 



HlSPA OMAKRAMBA, 11. Sp. 



Chestnut-red, clothed with a dense, flavescent pubescence ; basal 

 joints of the antennae chestnut-brown, second to sixth, inclusive, 

 closely set, the five apical ones thickened, seventh nearly twice as 

 long as the eighth ; prothorax similar to that of the .two preceding 

 species, but the pubescence is more conspicuous ; elytra seriato- 

 punctate and having five dorsal rows of long, sharp spines more 

 closely set in the posterior than in the anterior part, spines of the 

 intermediate rows not quite so numerous as in the second and third, 

 except behind, spines of the marginal row long and closely set. 



This species differs from the two preceding ones by the thicker 

 and more yellow pubescence, and also by the intervals between 

 the suture, and the dorsal series of spines being spinose. Length 

 4 mm. ; width 2^ mm. 



Hab. Ovampoland (Omarramba), Eriksson. 



HlSPA PEKPLEXA, 11. Sp. 



Light chestnut-red, clothed with a long, dense, whitish pubescence; 

 antennae moderately short, with the joints closely set and of nearly 

 equal length with the exception of the basal one, the third is not 

 much longer than the fourth, which is of nearly the same size as 

 the second, all the basal and intermediate joints are clothed with 

 short, dense greyish hairs, the five ultimate ones are sericeous ; 

 thorax with a narrow, longitudinal denuded space in the centre, all 

 the rest partially hidden by the decumbent pubescence ; scutellum 

 entirely hidden by the pubescence ; elytra foveolate and with three 

 dorsal rows of spines set far apart, the marginal row consists of 

 spines as long as the dorsal ones, but closely set ; the intervals 

 between the spines on the outer margins of the prothorax are 

 setulose. Length 5^-5^ rnm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Leydenburg), T. Ayres ; Zambesia (Middle 

 Limpopo, Victoria Falls), Dr. Bradshaw. 



