1892.] of the Goteo2)tera of South Africa. Si 



Spots or bands yellow or pale-yellow. 



B. Elytra broad, short, two small dots on each elytron : quadriguttata. 



G. Elytra broad with one basal, comma shaped spot, one in the centre 

 alongside the suture, two lateral rami, one postical round spot, and 

 an apical triangular patch on each elytron : luriday vidua, tenui- 

 picta. 



D. Elytra elongated, with one basal, comma shaped spot, two alongside 



the suture, often connected, two lateral rami and an arcuated apical 

 patch on each elytron : irevicoUis, vivida, clathrata, pudica. 



E. Base of elytra with a margin emitting a short narrow line on each 



side of the scutellum, outer margin broad, rami short : Monteiroi, 

 Bertolonii. 



F. Base of elytra with two small triangular patches on each side of 



the scutellum, and four very broad nearly parallel patches on each 

 side : regalis. 



G. Elytra with four broad, short fascige on each side, the postical one 



bisinuated, and a large post-median patch : Dongolensis. 

 H. Elytra elongated, narrow, each elytron with narrow rami, more or 



less disconnected, the white outer margin seldom entire ; melan- 



cholica, dissimilis, 

 D. Elytra elongated, each elytron with a broad margin sending three 



more or less blunt dorsal rami : pudihunda, marginellaf intersita, 



intempestiva, inanis, longulay Bocagei, Umbigera. 



SYNOPSIS. 



Section A. Mandibles very long, elytra broad, each with a 

 longitudinal dorsal band, three rami and a postical round 



spot ; the dorsal bands broad, very well defined : Capensis. 



Dorsal bands narrow, median oblique patch often missing : clirysogra'pha. 



Two basal, short bands only on each side : Elizahethce . 



B. Mandibles moderately long ; elytra with three dorsal rami, 



but no postical spot on each side : Candida. 



Same, but the rami broader and uninterrupted : Herero. 



Elytra with a supra humeral arcuated band, and a postical 



ramus on each side : Damara. 



Elytra with a very broad sutural patch, and three dorsal 



rami on each side : Natalensis. 



