340 Annals of the South African Museum. 



duplo longiore, rufo testaceae articulis quatuor basalibus nigris ; 

 caput aciculatum ; prothorax antice modice attenuatus, supra 

 deplanatus, breviter pubescens, in medio vix ad latera profundius 

 punctatus, vitta laterali infuscata utrinque ornatus, lateraliter quinque 

 spinosus, spinis pallide flavis, longis, acutis, quinta autem reliquis 

 breviore profundeque bifida, spinis totis e pedunculo lato communi 

 productis, extrorsum orientibus ; elj'^tra parallelia, pallide flava, vitta 

 supra marginali rufo nigrescente ad partem posticam late extensa 

 ornata, foveolato striata, pills nonnuUis albidis remotis obtecta, 

 spinis dorsalibus brevibus basi rufescentibus, ad apicem nigres- 

 centibus, spinis duabus anticis juxta suturalibus, reliquis multo 

 brevioribus, forsan mutillatis, marginalibus longis, flavidis. 



Long. 3i mm. ; lat. 2 mm. 



This species differs from the other South African species of the 

 genus by the disposition of the five spines of the sides of the 

 prothorax which are disposed, fan-shape, outwardly ; the hinder 

 spine is very deeply bifid, the upper branch being nearly as long as 

 the one preceding it. 



Hah. Southern Rhodesia (Sebakwe). Delancey Dods. 



DiCLADISPA APPKOXIMANS, n. Sp. 



Eufo testacea conspicue albido pilosa, pilis baud appressis, pedibus, 

 prothoracis spinis lateralibus elytrorumque marginalibus pallidis ; 

 antennae sub-breves, crassiusculae, articulis gradatim incrassatis, 

 breviter pubescentibus ; caput vix punctatum ; prothorax antice 

 attenuatus, deinde transversus, supra profunde punctatus areis 

 levibus nullis, in medio sat distincte canaliculatus, lateraliter baud 

 longe quinque spinosus, spinis anticis quatuor e pedunculo conspicuo 

 communi productis, quinta libera, posticali, reliquis multo minore, 

 breviter bifida, autem nonnunquam simplice ; scutellum latum, im- 

 punctatum ; elytra prothorace quadruplice longiora, sub-parallelia, 

 pone humeros autem nonnihil sinuata, modice convexiuscula, late 

 profundeque foveato seriata, interstitiis piHs albidis seriatis, spinis 

 dorsalibus brevibus apice fuscis, marginalibus longiusculis. 



Long. 5-6 mm. ; lat. 3-3|^ mm. 



Hab. ? Southern Rhodesia. G. A. K. Marshall. 



A distinct species which I cannot compare to any other S. African 

 one. 



DiCLADISPA IXDUBIA, n. Sp. 



Nigra, nitida, supra obscure seneo micans, glabra ; elongata, sub- 

 angusta ; antennae crassiusculae, modice elongatae articulis gradatim 



