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antrorsum uni-, retrorsum quadri denticulata, denticulisque binis 

 fere medianis, caeteris approximatis, basalibus magis conspicuis ; 

 scutellum aciculatum ; elytra latiuscula latitudine duplo longiora 

 profunde fossulato striata, spinis dorsalibus validis, modice elongatis, 

 nigro fuscis, duobus seriei primae geminatis late pedunculatis, basi baud 

 separatis, spinis marginalibus longioribus atque nonnihil dilutioribus. 



Long. 3^ mm. ; lat. 2 mm. 



This species is distinguished from the other South African kinds 

 except D. litigiosa, Paring., by the spines of the prothorax, which 

 bear one or more small, sharp, rami-like spines on the sides ; in the 

 dorsal part of the elytra the first row consists of two sets each of two 

 vertical spines supported by a conspicuous laminate peduncle ; the 

 disposition of the spines of the prothorax approximates that of 

 D. incredula, Gestr., from St. Thome on the West Coast of Africa. 



Hab. Natal (Malvern). C. N. Barker. 



Dactylispa pretiosula, n. sp. 



Pallide straminea, nitida, fere glabra, prothoracis medio areolis 

 duabus exceptis nigro ; elytra nigro variegata ; spinis prothoracis 

 pallidis, elytrorum dorsalibus nigris, marginorum pallidis ; antennse 

 graciles, longissimae, articulis gradatim modice incrassatis, 7-11 

 reliquis vix crassioribus, pallide refescentibus articulis basalibus binis 

 infuscatis ; caput punctulatum ; prothorax transversus, antice attenu- 

 atus, deplanatus, rugose pun ctatus, at utrinque area ovali impunctata, 

 medioque striga minuta notatus, antice utrinque spinis duabus basi 

 connexis munitus, lateraliter trispinosus, spinis duabus anticis e 

 pedunculo distincto communi productis, tertia libera praecedentibus 

 baud multo breviora ; scutellum impunctatum ; elytra fere parallelia, 

 latiuscula, profunde foveolato seriata, interstitiis vix distincte albido 

 setulosis, spinis in dorso marginalibus vix brevioribus, nonnihil 

 retrorsum apice flexis. 



Long. 3^3f mm. ; lat. 2 mm. 



Slightly broader than D. temiicornis, Chap., and coloured differently. 

 The antennae are longer and slightly more slender than in the last- 

 named species. 



Hah. Natal (Malvern). C. N. Barker. 



Gen. DICLADISPA, Gestr. 



DiCLADISPA FRATERNA, n. Sp. 



Kufo carneolo, subnitida ; antennae modice elongatae, rufescentes, 

 articulis basilibus 1-6 magis, 7-11 minus albo sericeis, his ampliatis, 



