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and legs black ; head with two elongated frontal tubercles, prothorax 

 smooth, constricted laterally, deeply impressed transversely above the 

 base ; elytra elongated, parallel, with deep series of punctures, the 

 intervals of which are slightly raised and nearly smooth ; underside 

 slightly punctured, tibiae pubescent. 



Sub-family : MEGALOPODIN^E. 

 Gen. Sigrisma. Fairm. 



399. S. tuberifrons. Fairm. 



Recorded from Orange Free State, Transvaal and ? Limpopo River. 



Gen. P<ecilomorpha. Hope. 



400. P. bi-notata. spec. nov. 



Rufo-fulva, nitida, sub-hirta ; antennis articulo primo excepto, tibiis 

 pedibusque nigris ; elytris profunde punctatis, piceis, macula flavm 

 prope apicem posita in singula ornatis. 



Long. 9, lat. 4 mm . 



Shining red, slightly covered with brownish hairs ; head impressed 

 on the vertex, slightly punctured, palpi red, antennas black with the 

 first articulation reddish, prothorax short, convex, transversely 

 impressed in front and behind, shining, covered with thinly scattered 

 brownish hairs, and very slightly punctured ; elytra broader than the 

 prothorax at the base, nearly linear, rounded posteriorly and moderately 

 convex with the shoulders somewhat raised ; they are deeply and! 

 almost regularly punctured, black, shining, slightly tomentose, and have 

 two conspicuous nearly smooth yellow patches disconnected with either 

 suture or margin, and situated a little above the apex ; abdomen and 

 femora red, tibiae and tarsi black, hind femora strongly clavate. 



A very distinct species. 



Sub-family: CLYTRIN^E. 

 Gen. Clytra. Laich. 



401. C. bi-ligata. Lac. 



„ from Natal, Transvaal, Zambeze River. 



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