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thorax nearly straight laterally in the posterior part, cicatricose 

 punctate but with the punctures hidden by the black tomentum ; 

 scutellum impunctate ; elytra non-costulate and with the apical 

 part of the suture non-acuminate, striate, the striae shallow and 

 with elongated cicatricose punctures which do not quite coalesce, 

 the apical part is much more plainly punctate, the punctures are 

 transverse and strongly cicatricose ; pygidium transversely plicate ; 

 under side glabrous, except the inner part of the legs, sparsely 

 punctate, the median part of the metasternum is smooth, and the 

 sternal process projects very plainly and is broadly triangular. 



Length 14-16 mm. ; width 8-9 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Mossel Bay, Knysna, Humansdorp, Uitenhage, 

 Port Elizabeth) ; Natal (Durban, Weenen). 



Gametis balteata, de Geer, 

 Mem. Ins., vii., p. 642, pi. 48, fig. 4. 



controversy Gory and Perch., Mon., p. 246, pi. 46, fig. 6. 

 curtisii, Vig., Zool. Journ., ii., p. 237, pi. 9, fig. 1. 

 dulcinea, Thorns., Arch. Entom., i., p. 285. 

 lasciva, Thorns., loc. cit., p. 286. 

 natalensis, Thorns., loc. cit., p. 286. 

 zambesiana, Kraatz, Deutseh. Ent. Zeit., 1900, p. 78. 

 zanzibarica, Kaffr., Eev. and Mag. Zool., 1877, p. 331, pi. 2, 

 fig. 3. 



Black, opaque on the upper side ; prothorax with a narrow, light 

 flavescent lateral margin ; elytra orange-red with a basal median 

 triangular black patch the point of which reaches to about one-third 

 of the length and sometimes further, the apical part is black from 

 outer margin to outer margin, the upper edge of this black patch is 

 bi-sinuate on each side. Head and prothorax somewhat moderately 

 closely punctate, the punctures on the latter are not cicatricose, but 

 they are usually hidden on the black tomentum ; the sides of the 

 prothorax are more sinuate laterally behind than in G. sub-fasciata ; 

 the elongated and somewhat narrow elytra are striolate in the dorsal 

 part, and punctate beyond it, and there are two not very plain 

 costules on each side, in the apical part the punctures are broad, 

 shallow, somewhat transverse and form a kind of weak reticulation, 

 apical part of the suture plainly acuminate ; pygidium transversely 

 plicate ; under side as in G. balteata, the sternal process is a little 

 more rounded laterally. 



Length 14-15 mm. ; width 7 mm. 



Hab, Cape Colony (Graham's Town, Uitenhage, East London, 



