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Head hidden by the pubescence, clypeus strongly 

 parabolic, deeply incised in the centre, and not 

 sinuate on either side capicola. 



D 1 . Clypeus not incised in front. 



Clypeus very briefly arcuate in front, and with the (namaqua. 

 sides nearly straight | hoschimana. 



Clypeus semicircular from side to side fusciventris. 



Head hidden by the pubescence, clypeus plainly 

 arcuate in front and very slightly sinuate in the 

 centre gonaqua. 



C 1 . Head and prothorax with very long and fine pubescent 

 hairs not hiding the teguments. 



Clypeus deeply incised in the centre, the two angles 

 projecting strongly tooth-like, straight laterally, but 

 with the anterior angles rounded ; lower median 

 tooth of anterior claws very minute distincta. 



Clypeus deeply incised in the centre, the two angles 

 projecting strongly tooth-like, outer angles sharp den- 

 tate, lateral part bulging in the middle ; lower median 

 tooth of anterior claws very long discrepans. 



A 1 . Elytra with a black suture, or transverse black bands. 



Elytra with two transverse black patches, and the suture black, 

 inner joint of antennal club slightly shorter than the one 

 following Uavofasciata. 



B 1 . Antennae 10-jointed. 



Elytra with the suture and the outer margin of elytra nar- 

 rowly black ; inner joint of antennas very much shorter than 

 the following, which is also somewhat shorterthan the third bechuana. 



Sparrmannia vertumnus, Pall., 

 It., i., pi. xliv., fig. 8.; pi. xlvi., figs. 38, 39, 40., p. 462. 



S. alopex, Fabric. , Mant. Insect., i., p. 19; Oliv., Ent., i., 5., p. 16, 

 pi. iv., fig. 35a-b. 



S. brunnipennis , Casteln., Hist. Nat., ii., p. 131. 



Testaceous, with the elytra pale testaceous, testaceous, or occa- 

 sionally chestnut-brown ; legs slightly reddish-brown, palpi and 

 antennae reddish-brown, but with the club of antennae flavescent; 

 head, with the exception of the clypeus, prothorax, and the whole 

 pectus clothed with an extremely long and dense pale fulvous 

 hygrometric pubescence, each hair of which stands erect in well 

 dessicated example, looking like a thick coating of felt if the 

 specimen has been w T etted, the abdomen and also the femora are 

 clothed with a slightly greyer pubescence nearly akin to that of the 



