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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  not 
  narrowed 
  laterally 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  the 
  maxillae 
  are 
  

   pluri-dentate. 
  

  

  Length 
  6-7 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3J-4-J- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  ? 
  Natal 
  (exact 
  locality 
  unknown). 
  

  

  Eriesthis 
  hypocrita, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  somewhat 
  rufescent, 
  covered 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  

   and 
  pro 
  thorax 
  with 
  pale 
  yellow 
  hairs 
  which 
  are 
  dense, 
  but 
  not 
  long, 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  closely 
  set 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   scutellum 
  squamose 
  ; 
  elytra 
  clothed 
  with 
  scales 
  mixed 
  with 
  very 
  

   short 
  erect 
  hairs 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  flavescent 
  colour 
  as 
  the 
  scales, 
  and 
  

   mixed 
  with 
  equally 
  short 
  brownish 
  hairs 
  which 
  are 
  more 
  numerous 
  

   or 
  are 
  better 
  seen 
  on 
  two 
  dorsal, 
  partly 
  denuded 
  patches 
  showing 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  clearly 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  propygidium 
  and 
  pygidium 
  

   densely 
  squamose 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  clothed 
  with 
  appressed 
  hairs 
  ; 
  legs 
  and 
  

   pectus 
  villose 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  a 
  little 
  constricted 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  slightly 
  ampliated 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  margin, 
  

   which 
  is 
  only 
  very 
  slightly 
  sinuate, 
  reflexed 
  and 
  angular 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  ; 
  maxillae 
  with 
  three 
  long, 
  claw-like 
  teeth, 
  the 
  basal 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  

   is 
  bifid 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  tri-dentate. 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  examples 
  from 
  Eustenburg, 
  in 
  the 
  Transvaal, 
  the 
  scales 
  

   and 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  paler 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  brownish 
  patches 
  on 
  

   each 
  side 
  are 
  almost 
  hidden. 
  

  

  Length 
  7-9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4-5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Natal 
  (Durban, 
  Newcastle) 
  ; 
  Transvaal 
  (Potchefstroom, 
  

   Johannesburg, 
  Eustenburg). 
  

  

  Eriesthis 
  semihirta, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entom. 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  52. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  dark 
  chestnut-brown 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  anterior 
  

   part 
  of 
  prothorax 
  covered 
  with 
  yellow, 
  villose 
  hairs, 
  posterior 
  part 
  of 
  

   prothorax 
  with 
  dense, 
  squamose 
  orange-yellow 
  ones 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  

   densely 
  squamose 
  ; 
  elytra 
  clothed 
  with 
  contiguous 
  orange-yellow, 
  

   appressed, 
  squamose 
  hairs 
  leaving 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  part 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  

   three 
  transverse 
  denuded 
  patches 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  and 
  upper 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  clothed 
  with 
  appressed 
  squamiform 
  hairs 
  bright 
  orange, 
  

   except 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  grey 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  

   emarginate 
  at 
  tip 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  angles 
  sharp, 
  but 
  nearly 
  

   parallel 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  tri-dentate 
  ; 
  maxillae 
  armed 
  with 
  five 
  claw- 
  

   like 
  teeth 
  ; 
  claws 
  of 
  hind 
  legs 
  double. 
  

  

  Length 
  8 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4 
  \ 
  mm. 
  

  

  