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less suberect spine at apex ; corium and membrane subequal in 

 length in ? , membrane a little the longer in $ , the membrane 

 distinctly not reaching the abdominal apex in $ ; rostrum with 

 the first joint slightly shorter than the second ; legs moderate, 

 anterior femora not spinous beneath, anterior tibia? with an apical 

 spongy fovea for about one-fourth the length from apex ; posternum 

 centrally longitudinally sulcate, allied to Yarns, Stal, but differing 

 in the distinct structure of the scutellum and the non-spinous 

 anterior femora. 



The S. African species Eeduvius varius, Walk., is included in this 

 genus. 



NEOVARUS FLAVOMARGINATUS, sp. n. 



Ochraceous ; head with a curved line on anteocular area, a small 

 spot above and behind insertions of antennae, a larger spot between 

 eyes, and the disk of postocular area black ; pronotum with suffusions 



to anterior lobe, two broad elon- 

 gate fasciae and a short submar- 

 ginal line to posterior lobe black ; 

 scutellum (excluding a short 

 central line) black ; apical half 

 of clavus and adjoining inter- 

 space to corium and the mem- 

 brane black ; body beneath black ; 

 lateral margins of sternum and 

 abdomen, four discal spots to 

 prosternum, a spot on each an- 

 terior coxa, a subbasal central 

 spot to abdomen and the legs 

 ochraceous ; anterior and inter- 

 mediate femora and tibiae biannu- 

 lated with black, posterior femora 



black annulated with ochraceous at base and near apex, posterior 

 tibiae annulated with black near base, rostrum black, more or less 

 ochraceous beneath and at the margins of the joints ; antennae with 

 the first joint blackish, the second ochraceous, remainder muti- 

 lated; pronotum finely punctate and wrinkled; rostrum with the 

 second joint slightly longer than the first ; abdomen above black, 

 the connexivum ochraceous ; structural characters as in generic 

 diagnosis. 



Long. 18-20 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony; Vryburg. 



NEOVARUS FLAVOMARGINATUS. 



