102 Miss G. liicaido on the Genus Ilicmatopota 



sate, with long blacic pubescence; the second joint round 

 with black liairs ; the third wide, rather short, black at its 

 extreme apex. Frontal callus broad, black, shining, barely 

 reaching the eyes on its anterior border, receding from them 

 entirely on the posterior border, which is straight ; the spot 

 between the antennae black, being a continuation of the 

 callus; brown rings round the antennse; the paired spots 

 small, black, not reaching the eyes; the forehead yellowish 

 brown near the callus, darker on the vertex. Thorax brown, 

 w'\t\\ three yellowish-brown linear stripes; a large oblong 

 spot at the suture on each side-stripe and another one at the 

 base of each stripe ; sides of thorax grey, the pubescence on 

 the dorsum spare and short, of a pale yellow colour, on the 

 sides with long black and then white hairs. Scutellum 

 brown, with pale yellow pubescence. Abdomen dark brown, 

 with large, irregular-shaped, grey spots on each side, almost 

 reaching the anterior border of each segment, but not the 

 posterior border ; the posterior borders of the segments of 

 the same colour, widest in the middle, the sides partly grey ; 

 underside greyish. Legs yellow and brown, the femora 

 yellow with white pubescence, which is thickest on the fore 

 femora ; all the tibite have two yellow rings ; the tarsi are 

 darker on the apical half of the joints ; the tibiae and tarsi 

 with black pubescence. Wings greyish, with yellowish- 

 brown stigma and veins, the pale markings fairly distinct, 

 the apical band short, single. 



Length 8 ram. 



Li some of the specimens the paired spots are larger and 

 reach the eves. 



V\. IlL fig. 1, type (female). 



Hcematopota rnficornis, ? , Walker. 



Type, 68. 4 {Saunders), Natal. 



One female from Cape Town {H. A. Spencer), 91. 29. 

 The type is a well-preserved specimen. 



The species is distinguished from If. /lierogfi/phica, Gerst., 

 by the characteristics mentioned in the table, and also by 

 the presence of spots on the face, whereas they are appa- 

 rently absent in Gerstacker's species, and the transverse 

 callus is shining red-brown, not pitchy black. From 

 H. meteorica, Corti, it is distinguished by the absence of any 

 large brown longitudinal band on the undcrsiile of the 

 abdomen, and only the extreme tip of the antcnnre is black. 

 The following redcscription may be found useful : — 



A red-brown species, with distinct grey spots on the 

 abdomen and testaceous antenna?. 



