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pubescent, with a small spine, the metatarsus of the posterior legs as 

 long as the following three joints together ; breast and abdomen 

 black. 



Hal). DUNBRODY, Cape Colony {Rev. O'Ncil). 



There seem to be a good many small and similarly 

 coloured species of Lupems and il/a/acoso7?i« -inhabiting 

 Africa, all more or less closely allied ; in the present insect, 

 the head is of darker colour than the rest of the upper 

 surface, the thorax is proportionately long and is obsoletely 

 transversely depressed (more distinctly foveolate at the 

 sides in one specimen), this character and the black under- 

 side will assist in distinguishing the species, of which I 

 received two specimens from the Rev. O'Ncil which were 

 obtained ou Scnccio j^Lnipcrvmi.s. 



LupcriiS iiiccrfus, sp. n, (Plate III, fig. 20.) 



Black, the antennoe fulvous, head irapunctate, fulvous, thorax 

 minutely punctured, flavous, the basal margin more or less black, 

 elytra finely punctured and wrinkled, black, the base and the apex 

 sometimes obscure flavous. Length 3 millim. 



Head fulvous, iinpunctate, frontal elevations strongly raised, 

 transverse, the clypeus broad, with an acutely raised central ridge, 

 flavous, antenna) slender, extending to about the middle of the 

 elytra, fulvous, the third joint sliglitly longer than tlie second, the 

 following more elongate ; thorax about one-half broader than long, 

 the sides slightly constricted at the base, the surface very minutely 

 punctured, flavous, the basal margin more ov less black, elytra very 

 minutely punctured and finely wrinkled, black, the apex very 

 indistinctly flavous ; legs pale fulvous, the metatarsus as long as the 

 following joints together, tibial spine very short. 



Rah. DuNBRODY, Cape Colony, on willows {Eev. O'NcU). 



L. apicalis, Weise (Wiegra. Arch. 1902), is evidently a 

 closely allied species but is described with black antennas 

 and legs, and of larger size ; in one specimen of the 

 jDrcsent insect, the elytra ai'e marked with obscure flavous 

 near the shoulders and at the apex, while the latter portion 

 in the other specimen are scarcely so marked and the 

 elytra are entirely black at the base. 



Stictocema, gen. n. 



Elongate, parallel and finely pubescent, antennae filiform, the 

 terminal joints shorter and wider, thorax transverse, the sides straight 

 and narrowed anteriorly, the surface finely rugose and pubescent, 



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