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median keel a little more distinct than in the male. Elytra 

 reaciiing the apex of the abdomen, but a little shorter than 

 the hind femora ; mediastinal area feebly dihited basally, 

 with an incomplete false vein ; scapular and exteriio-median 

 areas dilated about in the same degree as in the male ; 

 discoidal area fairly dilated, with two rows of cells aiul an 

 irregular false vein ; interulnar area slightly narrower than 

 the discoidal, with the cells in two rows and an irregular 

 false vein. General coloration more varied than in the 

 male; face dotted with brown ; head with a pale median 

 line and two postocular fasciae of the same colour; the pale 

 cross on the pronotum more distinct. Elytra with more 

 numerous brown aud black spots. Pectus and abdomen 

 greyish yellow beneath ; upperside of the abdomen red^ 

 but not so bright as in the male. Hind femora with three 

 distinct dark brown transverse spots on the upperside, and 

 with three indistiuct oblique greyish streaks along the 

 middle of the externo-median area ; knees grey, with pale 

 lobes dotted wMth brown. Hind tibias as in the male, but 

 their base is grey instead of black. 



The type and several paratypes are from Petrusvillej 

 23. i. 1919; other paratypes aretrom Boshof, 17-18. v. 1917 ; 

 Paardeburg, 31. v. 1917 ; and Dealesville to Bloemfontein, 

 19. V. 1917. The series consists oi 10 S S and 9 ? ? . 



The morphological characters are rather constant in the 

 whole series, but the size and coloration var}'. Thus, the 

 above-described female is rather small, since there are speci- 

 mens measuring 22 mm. in length of body. The general 

 coloration is sometimes more brownish or even ochraceous, 

 with more or less numerous dark spots ; the cross-like figure 

 on the pronotum is always more pronounced in females than 

 in males, but also varies in its distinctness. The abdomen in 

 some females is not reddish above. On the whole, the species 

 is extremely like Dociostaurus genei, Ocsk., but easilv dis- 

 tinguished from it by the spurs of the hind tibiaj and by 

 the form and i>ositiou of temporal foveohe. 



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