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Type, the followin<i' species: 
ZAPRIONUS VITTIGER, new species. 
Head and its nicnibcrs y^How, front opacjue, dark reddish yellow, 
a silvery white line along each eye and next to this a dark brown line, 
a }>lack ocellar dot, several short bristly hairs on lower half of front, 
eyes bordered with whitish, outer side of second antennal joint largely 
white, the third joint and the arista brown; mesonotum and scutellum 
rich dark reddish brown, opaque, the former marked with four nearly 
ecjuidistant silvery white lines bordered with dark brown, the median 
pair prolonged over the scutellum, the others passing just above the 
posthumeral bristles; pleura marked with a median white lino, the 
portion above it yellowish brown, that below it yellow; metathorax 
brownish yellow, abdomen polished, yellowish brown; legs yellow; 
wings grayish hyaline; length, 2.5 to 3 nmi. Three male specimens. 
llahitat. — Cape Colony, Africa. 
Type— 0<it. No. 6792, U.S.N.M. 
