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Genus ONCOCHALCIS, Cam., 

 The Entomologist, 1904, p. 64. 



Oncochalcis miceolinea, Walker, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc, 1862, 372. 



A specimen (<?) from Durban is probably this species, which 

 was described under Chalcis from Natal. It is black ; the tegulae, 

 apex of femora narrowly, the 4 anterior tibiae except for along 

 line behind, their tarsi, the base and apex of the posterior 

 tibiae behind and their tarsi, yellow. There are about thirteen 

 short, stout, closely pressed teeth on the hind femora, of almost 

 equal size. Apex of scutellum broadly rounded, margined. 

 Metanotum closely, irregularly reticulated ; its sides rounded, 

 untoothed ; the areola is not very clearly defined ; it is about 

 four times longer than wide, slightly wider at the base than at the 

 apex, and it bears two irregular transverse keels in the middle. 

 Abdomen short, smooth ; the last segment strongly, closely 

 punctured and covered with white pubescence. Pace opaque, 

 closely punctured; the centre broadly smooth and shining, the 

 smooth space widened below the middle, obliquely narrowed at the 

 apex ; the clypeus smooth ; a row of irregular punctures (four or 

 five) on either side above. Propleurse irregularly, stoutly striated 

 in the middle ; the base of the mesopleurae smooth, with an 

 irregular row of the usual foveae ; the apex is striated from 

 shortly above the middle ; base of the metapleurae smooth, the 

 rest of the area closely rugosely punctured. 



Length 5 mm. 



Genus SPILOCHALCIS, Thorns. 

 Spilochalcis capensis, sp. nov. 

 Vermillion-red ; the flagellum of antennse, the vertex broadly, the 

 front more narrowly, the occiput, except at the edges, the outer 

 half of the hind orbits, basal slope of pronotum, a line down its 

 middle, a triangular large mark on the basal half of mesonotum 

 prolonged as a broad line to the scutellum, the inner half of the 

 lateral lobes, an irregular spot on the apex of the scutellum, the 

 median segment and the pro- and mesopleurse and the breasts, 

 deep black. Legs coloured like the body, the fore coxse, the 

 middle except for a red spot below, the hinder except for an 

 obscure mark on the apex below, all the trochanters, the base 

 of the 4 anterior femora broadly, an irregular mark on the inner 



