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with testaceous speckles. Le^s long; femora un armed ; libise and tarsi 

 piceoiis; fore tibicB with six spines on each side; middle tihise with rather 

 fewer spines; hind tibiae with some spines in three rows. Length of the 

 body 11 lines. 



o, b. South Africa. From Dr. Dohrn's collection. 



19. Heteodes ceassipes. 



Mas. Fulvns, crassu/; ; caput pimclatum, unispinosum ; an tenrKs nigra, 

 baai fulvce ; prothorax antice bispinosus cornubus dunbus trispinosis, 

 poslice viyinli spinosus, lateribus quadrispinosis ; abdomen piceiim ; 

 pedes crassi, nigra vitlati, tibiis anticis trispinosis, tibiis quatuor 

 posterioribus quadrispinosis. 



Male. Tawny, very stout. Head punctured, with a short obliquely 

 ascendin«,r spine between the eyes. Antennae black, tawny at the base. 

 Prothorax rugose, abruptly declining on each side ; four transverse furrows, 

 of which the binder one is deeper than the others; fore border with two 

 very short spines and with two lateral very short horns, each armed with 

 three short black-lipped spines; four spines on each side; hind border 

 rounded, slightly reHexed, with twenty black-tipped spines, the spines on 

 each side much longer than those in the middle. Abdomen piceous above. 

 Legs thick ; femora and tibiae striped with black ; femora unarmed; fore 

 tibiae with three small black-tipped spines beneath ; four posterior tibiae with 

 four spines beneath; tarsi black beneath. Length of the body 19 lines. 



a. South Africa. From Mr. Bartlett's collection. 



Group 4. 



20. Hetrodes pallidus. 



Mas. Pallide luteus, subiilissime punctatus ; palpi apice nigri ; aiitennce 

 picece, basi pallide lulece ; prothorax antice quadrispinosus, postice 

 sexspinosus ; pedes longi,femoribus transverse sulcatis, tibiis spinosis. 



Female. Pale luteous. Head and prothorax very finely punctured. 

 Palpi and mandibles with black tips. Eyes reddish. Antennae piceous, 

 pale luteous towards the base, more than twice the length of the body. 

 Prothorax with a middle furrow and with black-tipped spines; fore part 

 with two spines on each side ; hind part with two spines on each side and 

 with two on the hind border, which is elevated. Legs long; femora and 

 tibiae keeled ; femora transversely and slightly furrowed ; four anterior 

 tibiae with six spines beneath ; hind tibiae with several spines in three rows. 

 Length of the body 14 lines. 



a. East Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 



Genus 29. LESINA. 



3Tas. Corpus robustum, subtilissime punctalum. Caput spina antica 

 subascendente armatuni ; vertex subreiicuialus ; frons erecta. Prothorax 

 transverse bisulcatus, antice subtuberculatus, lateribus extensis attenuatis 

 spinosis, margine postico ascendente spinoso. Pedes spinosi, sal robusli. 



