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antennae (a third, at least, longer than the body) and by the 

 excavation of the front of the head, will probably have to rank 

 in the ame genus. 



Mnidea ? pretori, sp. n. (Tab. I. fig. 10.) 



Fulvo-testaceous ; head above, scutellum, body underneath, 

 and coxse black ; last four or six joints of the antennae fuscous. 

 Face rather short, lower margin of clypeus transversely raised ; 

 vertex impressed transversely between the eyes, and longitu- 

 dinally between the antennae. Sides of prothorax slightly 

 diverging from the base to the anterior third, thence converg- 

 ing ; pronotum nitid and impunctate, with a transverse depres- 

 sion j ust behind the middle. Elytra somewhat elongate, closely 

 but not distinctly punctured ; apices somewhat sharply rounded ; 

 epipleures prolonged up to the apical border. Tibiae unarmed ; 

 first joint of hind tarsi almost as long as the three succeeding 

 joints combined. Antennae ( ? ?) almost as long as the body ; 

 scape slightly curved, third and fifth joints subequal, fourth 

 perceptibly longer, sixth and succeeding joints gradually and 

 very slightly diminishing in length. 



Fam. CASSIDID.E. 



Basipta stolida, Boh. Durban, NataL 



Cassida punctata, Fabr. Durban, NataL 



Cassida scripta, Fabr. Pretoria. 



Cassida hybrida, Boh. Waterberg. 



Cassida lurida, Boh. Zoutpansberg. 



Fam. COCCINELLID.E. 



Adaliaflavomaculata, De Geer. Pretoria. 



Cydonia lunata, Fabr. Pretoria. 



Cydonia quadrilineata, Muls. Pretoria. 



Alesia inclusa, Muls. Pretoria. 



Exochomus nigromaculatus, Goeze. Pretoria. 



Epilachna dregei, Muls. Pretoria and Durban, 



NataL 



Epilachna hirta, Thunb. Durban, NataL 



Epilachna bifasciata, Fabr. Pretoria. 



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