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

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

 tlie hind femora ; mediastinal area feebly dilated basally, 

 with an incomplete false vein ; scapular and externo-median 

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

 discoidal area fairly dilated, with two rows of cells and 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 Avitli brown ; head with a pale median 

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

 cross on the pronotum more distinct. Elytra with more 

 numerous brown and black spots. Pectus and abdomen 

 greyish yellow beneath ; upperside of the abdomen red, 

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

 distinct dark brown transverse spots on the upperside, and 

 with three indistinct oblique greyish streaks along the 

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

 lobes dotted with brown. Hind tibiai as in the male, but 

 their base is grey instead of black. 



6 (type). $ (paratype). 



mm. mm. 



Leiigtli of body 18 18 



„ head 3-25 3-5 



„ pionotiim .... 2'7o 3'25 



„ elytni 8-5 12 



„ hmd femora . . 9'5 11 



The type and several paratypes are from Petrusville, 

 23.1.1919; other paratypes are from Boshof, 17-18. v. 1917; 

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

 19. V. 1917. The series consists of 10 c? c? and 9 ? ? . 



The morphological characters are rather constant in the 

 whole series, but the size and coloration vary. 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 oehraceous, 

 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 easily dis- 

 tini^uished from it by the spurs of the hind tibite and by 

 the form and position of temporal foveoUc. 



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