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Tegwani (Brain), Debe Nek (Brain), Metabele Land (Gates, 

 Oxford Mus.), Mashonahand (Salisbury, Marshall), Cape 

 Colony (Mansell Weale), King Williamstown (Barrett). "Africa 

 meridionalis occidentalis " (Stal). 



B. Locris transversa Thunb. 



Cercopis transversa, Thunberg. Hem. Rostr. Cap. 1. 4. (1832). 

 Monecphora pha'nicoptera, Walk. List Horn. Brit. Mus. 111. 676. (1851). 

 Monecphora ftiscicoUis, Stal. Ofv. Vet. Ak. Forth. 95. (1855). 

 Locris transversa, Stal. Hem. Afr. IV. 61. (1866). 

 Locris transversa, Dist. Ins. Transv. IX. 228. (1908). 



Black with red on the head and thorax. Elytra red, 



yellowish towards the apices. Length 8.5 mm. Breadth 



3.5 mm. 



Head not as wide as the pronotmn, rather sharply pointed; anterior 

 and lateral margins of vertex red, black on the middle and posterior 

 margins between the eyes. Eyes grayish black. Width at eyes a 

 little longer than the length of the vertex. Face very tmnid, the frons 

 black with the carina red ; numerous transverse furrows ; clypeus bright 

 red, rostrum long, black at the tip. Cheeks narrow, black., with the 

 edges red. Pronotum much wider than the head, the anterior margin 

 straight, red; a large black transverse band behind the anterior margin, 

 a median red band and the lateral edges red; posterior black; finely 

 punctate and pubescent. Width about twice the length; length about 

 one and a half times the length of the vertex. Sterntmi of thorax red. 

 Scutellum very small, black, and very pubescent. Elytra bright red, 

 the veins showing yellowish, towards the apical area lighter; hind wings 

 brownish, paler towards the base, the veins brown, and red near the 

 base. Abdomen above black, the posterior edges of the segments red; 

 beneath black, red at base, and on edges of the segments. Genitalia 

 of female red; the last ventral segment dark red, longer than the 

 penultimate, and deeply emarginate. Legs dark red. 



Habitat: Natal (Mansell Weale), Durban (Leigh, Gxford 

 Mus.), Isipingo (Marshall), Delago Bay (Monteiro), Kaffraria 

 (Stal), Cape Colony (Drege, Brit. Mus.), East London (Brain), 

 Uitenhage (Oxford Mus.). 



Locris rubida Stal. 



MoHccphora rubida Stal Ofv. Vet. Ak. Forh. 96. (1855). 

 Monecphora postica Stal Ofv. Vet. Af. Forh. 96. (18.55). 

 Locris rubida Stal Hem. Afr. IV. 61. (1866). 

 Locris rubida Dist. Ins. Transv. IX. 228. (1866). 



Color jet black, the elytra dark red, except the apical 



area. Black below. Length 10.5 mm. Breadth 3.5 mm. 



Head very small, rounded anteriorly, the vertex black with a trace 

 of red on the side margins before the eyes; length about equal to the 

 width across the eyes, very pubescent. Face black, the frons very 



