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1. Sphlnc/inopaliius bidens, sp. n. 

 (PI. V. figs. 20, aateuiia, 20 a, maxillary palpus, J .) 



S . Very like S. oneili, Pic ; the front of the head, the 

 labriira, the auteunal joints 1-6, the base of tiie prothorax, 

 auci the anterior and intermediate legs (the femora in part 

 excepted), testaceous; the elytra with a faint triangular 

 patch at the sides below the base and the expanded lateral 

 margins whitish. Antennal joint ] moderately long, sharply 

 triangulai'ly dilated at about the middle within, and with a 

 shorter acute tooth near the base. Palpi as in S. oneili. 

 Eytra rather elongate, parallel at the base, and with the 

 margins explauate thence to near the apex. 



$. Head infuscate ; antennal joint 1 infuscate at base; 

 joint 4 of maxillary palpi broad, triangular ; elytra elongate- 

 oval, convex, flavo-marginate laterally ; wings wanting. 



Length 2-2^ mm. (cJ ? .) 



Hab. S. Africa, Frere, Natal {I)r. Marshall). 



Described from a pair captured in Dec. 1890, and a ? 

 taken in Feb. 1893. This is a form of S. oneili, Pic, with the 

 basal joint of the antennae sharply bidentate in ^ and the 

 fourth joint of the maxillary palpi triangular in ? — this 

 being stouter and securiform in the same sex of S. oneili 

 and S. myrmecodes, and broader than in >S. albilabris and 

 S . flavomarginatus. 



2. Sphinginopalpus oneili. (PI. V. fig. 21, antenna, ^ .) 



Spfiinffinopalpus oneili. Pic, L'Echauge, xix. p. 1G4 (J 5 ) (1903) ^ ; 

 Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1904, p. 13 ((^ $)^ 



cJ . Narrow, very shining, black, with a faint metallic 

 lustre, the head usually more or less whitish in front, the 

 basal 4-6 joints of the antennae wholly (except 1 at the base) 

 or in part, the base of the prothorax, and the anterior and 

 intermediate legs (the tibiee in part and the femora excepted), 

 testaceous ; the elytra with a complete or interrupted, 

 externally-dilated, ante-median fascia (sometimes reduced to 

 a small transverse mark on the suture or wholly wanting), 

 and the outer margins to a greater or less extent, whitish or 

 testaceous ; the surface-sculpture as in S. 7nynnecodes, Boh. 

 Antennal joint 1 with a prominent curved tooth near the 

 base ; palpi as in S. myrmecodes. 



$ . Head infuscate ; joint 4 of maxillary palpi stout, 

 securiform ; elytia rather elongate, narrow at the base, 

 inflated posteriorly, more broadly margined ; wings wanting. 



Length 2-2?; mm. (cJ ? ) 



