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Aii.rnj.rjaiii/jcri, AValker, /..-. viii. p. 2l.".l. n. I'J (ISOC.) (Natal). 



//illiikusjinii/ier/', Butler, I.e. ix. p. (il7. n. '.t (1W77) (Natal) ; Kii-by, Cut. Lt/i. lid. i. p. t')'.l4. n. 1:') 

 (1892) (Natal). 



S- Tenth :ili(l(iiijiiial tcrgitc unulually nariMwnl, slightly cmvcil, |i(iinti'il, 

 C'(iiu])resse(l, liigliest 1)eyoiul middle, clotlied with nuinprous ^^liort iiairs, dorsaily 

 snK'ate and bicarinate, below cariiiate ; steniite elongate, slightly narrowed to end, 

 somewhat convex below, straight, curved upwards at extremity, sinuate, the 

 angles strongly rounded. C'lasper without friction-scales, sole-shaped ; harpe 

 (PI. XXXV. f. IG) witli a single obtuse and somewhat concave process, which 

 bears a tooth un the external surface, ujiper edge of harpe dilated and 

 dentate. Penis-sheath with a very long denticulate process, curved pioximad 

 (PI. XXVIII. f. 37). 



?. Vaginal cavity subapical (PI. XX. f. 23), large, transverse, the ante- 

 vaginal portion of the plate convex, the proximal edge of the cavity gently sinuate, 

 eighth sternite very short. 



Ilah. Natal. 



In tlie Tring Museum 21 cjc?, 7 ? ? from: Nama(|ualand ; Bashee K., Caffraria; 

 Natal ; Delagoa Bay. 



XV. HOPLLSTUPUS gen. nov.— Typus : pem-icei. 



i. Tongue about half the length of the body. Pilifer witli bristles and a very 

 few scales ; geual process triangular, nearly reaching end of pilifer. Palpus slender, 

 visible from above, tirst segment with rough hairs. Antenna as long as cell of 

 lore wing, not strongly compressed, not higher than broad, distinctly incrassate 

 (listally, hook short, fasciculated ciliae of basal row of segments very short mesially, 

 distal rows reaching about half way down to tiie mesial line. Scaling between 

 antennae prolonged to a crest. Tibiae not sj)iuose, longer than the respective first 

 tarsal segment ; first segment of foretarsus about twice as long as broad, armed 

 with three stout spines, the apical one nearly as long as the segment, curved, second 

 and third segments about equal in length, apical spines also prominent ; midtarsus 

 without comb ; first segment of hiiultarsus about as long as the four others togetiier ; 

 long distal spnr of hindtibia about one-third the first tarsal segment, the two j)airs 

 rather far apart ; pnlvilhis and paronychium present, the latter with one lobe ; 

 abdominal spines very weak, none on sternites. 



(J. Tentli abdominal segment strongly compressed, almost vertical at the 

 >ides, narrow, carved, obtusely pointed, dilated ventrad, so that it appears truncate 

 in side-view (PI. XXVII. f. 0, lO) ; the sternite produced into a very long process, 

 which is deeply divided into two long, slender, pointed lobes, which remind one of 

 the tenth sternite of//. Ugiistri. Clasper ronnded sole-shaped ; harpe (PI. XXXV. 

 f. 21) very short, dilated dorsad into a dentate lobe. Penis-sheatii without 

 armature. 



? . Unknown. 



Larva and chrysalis unknown. 



Hab. South-West and South Africa. 



Two species.* 



* Two more African genera cpf this group see Appendix. 



