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estranged, but according to present knowledge they differ 

 materially. 



Of other species of Locris in my collection I may mention : — 



Nyassaland. 

 L. areata, Walk. Fort Johnson {Dr. Percy RetidalT). 



Mashunaland. 

 L. arithmetica, Walk. Salisbury {Guy Marshall). 



Transvaal. 



L. arithmetica, Walk. Pretoria {Distant) ; Zoutpansberg {Kaesner). 

 L. areata, Walk. Barberton {Dr. P. BendaU). 



L. incarnata. Walk. Zoutpansberg {Distant) ; Rustenburg {Distant). 

 L. sanyuinipes, Walk. Pretoria {Distant). 



Delagoa Bay. 



L, areata, Walk. Lourenco Marquees (Junot). 

 L. Junoti, sp. n. „ „ „ 



Natal. 



X. areata. Walk. Durban {Distant). 



L. transversa, Thunb. Isipingo, Durban {Guy Marshall). 



Genus TOMASPIS. 



Tomaspts Monfeirom's, Dlst. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 176; 

 Aid Ident. Ins. t. cxlviii. fig. 4. 



Tomaspts conspi'cua, Dist. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 148; 

 Aid Ident. Ins. t. cxlviii. fig. 2. 



I have now acquired an intermediate form which connects 

 the above supposed species together : — 



Var. a. — Tegmina black ; unspotted. 

 T. Monteironis, Dist. sujwd. 

 Hah. Delagoa Bay {Monteiro, Junot, Distant). 



Tar. h.- — Tegmina with a small central transverse sanguineous 

 spot. 



Bah. Delagoa Bay {Junot). 



Var. c. — Tegmina with a very large central sanguineous spot. 

 T. conspicua, Dist. svprit. 

 Bab. Nyassaland ; Mashunaland, Gadzina {Guy Marshall). 



