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This insect appears to be not uncommon. I have seen it 

 in various collections. Altliough somewhat variable, it is 

 very readily recognizable by the three dark marks, resembling 

 a fleur-de-lis^ which have the appearance of being burnt into 

 the thorax. 



Anomala nigrovestita^ sp. n. 



Elongato-ovalis, rufa, elytris nigris, pedum intermediorum et 

 posticorum tibiis tarsisque nigris vel fuscis ; capite parvo, 

 punctato-rugoso, ch'pei margine semicirculari, valde reflexo ; 

 prothorace parum transverso, antice valde contracto, cum scutello 

 subtiliter punctato ; elytris fere rugose striato-punctatis : pygidio 

 leviter striolato ; pectore dense fulvo-hirto ; pedibus gracilibus, 

 tibiis anticis fortiter bidentatis, tarsorum anticorum utroque sexu 

 unguibus externis fissis. 



Long. 14-17 mm. 



Hob. Johannesburg. 



The species is peculiar both in form and colouring^ but 

 seems to be more closely related to A. vetula, Wiedem., than to 

 any other known species of the genus ; although that insect 

 has all the claws simple, whereas the present one has a 

 divided claw on the front tarsus. In its general form and 

 sculpture, and especially in the size and shape of the head, 

 it distinctly recalls that species. 



Anomala marginicollis^ sp. n. 



Parallela, subdepressa, testacea, capite, prothoracis disco, scutello 

 elytrisque fusco-seneis, tibiis tarsisque fusco-rufis ; clypeo castaneo 

 cum fronte rugoso-punctato, vertice baud crebre punctato, pro- 

 thoracis marginibus augustis lateralibus et angulis auticis 

 testaceis, undique subtiliter punctato ; scutello crebre punctato ; 

 elytris grosse punctato-striatis, interstitiis parce subtilissime 

 punctatis, marginibus perspicue membrauaceis ; pygidio testaceo, 

 grosse punctato ; pedum anteriorum et intermediorum unguibus 

 externis fissis, 6 anteriorum lobo interiore late expanse. 



Long, llg mm. 



Hab. Pienaars River. 



This species, of which there are three specimens, of both 

 sexes, belongs to the small group of African AnomalcB repre- 

 sented by A. resplendens of Fahraius, characterized by their 

 rectangular and somewhat depressed tbrm. 



There are several other a))parently new species of this 

 genus, which, however, are represented by one sex only and 

 cannot properly be described at present. 



