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colour as the head, tiirtiiiig reddish ochraceons l)eliind ; the 

 hiiul rnari,nii of tlie disc reddish castaneoiis. Elytra very 

 ])ale ochraceons, hyali»e, with an ol)liqne transverse rcddish- 

 ochraceons fascia in the middle and the second one ot' the 

 same colonr in the apical quarter : neitlier of these fasciae 

 extends over the radial veins or reaches the hind marj;in. 

 Wings perfectly liyaiine, with the veins in the fore jjart 

 very j)ale ochraceons. P'ront and middle le^rs with rejrnlar 

 castancous rings. Hind Femora with two distinct reddish- 

 castancous tascire on the upper side, and with a row 

 of castaneous points along the lower carina of the externo- 

 median area, wliifh is almost white; the knees reddish 

 ocliraceous. Hind tibise bluish, armed with 8-9 pale black- 

 tipped spines on each side. The underside of the body dirty 

 yeUowish. 



Length of the body 17 mm.; of the pronotum 3*5; of 

 the elytra 18; of the hind femur 10. 



The unicjiie type of this interesting insect was taken by 

 Dr. Ch. K. Brain at Kenhardt, Cape Colony, 14. iii. 1921. 



The genus is strikingly different from any other known. 



4. Scintharista magnifica, sp. n. 

 ? . A little smaller and distinctly more slender than 

 S. HO/oZ'?'//*, Walk. ; much like S. forhesi,'Q\xvY. Antcnnre 

 thin, extending a little beyond the hind margin of the pro- 

 notum. Face vertical ; frontal ridge shallowly impressed 

 below tiie ocellus, with the margins very feebly raised, 

 slightly ajiproximate at the fastigiura, gradually diverging 

 between the antennae, slightly but rather suddenly con- 

 vergent just before the ocellus, parallel below the latter 

 down to the middle of the distance between the ocellus and 

 clypeus, where they l)ecome distinctly divergent and lowered, 

 disappearing without reaching the clypeus*. Temporal 

 foveolse small, triangular, not well-defined. Fastiginm of 

 the vertex sloping, slightly narrowed anteriorly and pos- 

 teriorly, feebly impressed, distinctly longer than broad, with 

 a faint indication of a median carinula between the eyes ; 

 the distance between the eyes exceeds only a little the width 

 of the frontal ridge between the antennae. Eyes very feebly 

 oblique, rather small, their height subequal to two-thirds of 

 tlie subocular space. Occiput slightly uneven. Pronotum 

 distinctly compressed laterally, but scarcely constricted in 

 the ])rozona ; its disc decidedly teetiform, with the median 

 keel sharp, in profile slightly arched, dee[)ly intersected by 

 the transverse sulcus, which is placed distinctly before tiie 



