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9. South African Trichoptera. By GEOBG ULMER. 

 (With 1 Figure.) 



THROUGH the friendly mediation of Mr. Esben Petersen I obtained a 

 small number of Trichoptera from the South African Museum, Cape 

 Town, for investigation. With one exception the specimens collected 

 were already known, although six had hitherto not been proved to 

 be South African, but had only been recorded from Equatorial Africa. 

 Up to the present the following species from South Africa were 

 known : 



1. Dipseudopsis capensis, Walk. 



2. Dipseudopsis fasciata, Brau. 



3. Chloropsyche maxima, Ulm. 



4. Polymorphaniscus bipunctatus, Brau. 



5. Aeihaloptera dispar, Brau. 



6. Macronema capensc, Walk. 



7. Molanna triangularis, Hag. (case and larva only). 



In addition to several specimens of the genera Chimarrha, Hydro- 

 psyche, and Leptocerus, which could not be specifically identified, 

 the collection contains the following species : 



GEN. CHIMAEEHA, Curt. 

 1. CHIMARRHA RUFICEPS, n. sp. 



Head, pronotum, and mesonotum light red, with dense golden-red 

 pubescence, metanotum blackish brown ; under surface of head and 

 of the whole sternum pale red. Abdomen black, dull, at the lateral 

 line grey-black. Antennae incomplete, but probably shorter than 

 the anterior wings, thin, black, with indistinct yellowish brown 

 rings, the basal joint reddish yellow. Maxillary palps blackish, the 

 first two joints and the base of the third greyish brown ; first joint 

 very short ; second joint long, with a stiff bundle of grey-brownish 

 bristles ; third joint very long, almost twice as long as the second ; 

 fourth joint somewhat shorter than the second ; fifth joint as long as 



