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Gen. DASYPEOCTUS, Lep. 

 Dasyproctus schonlandi, sp. nov. 



Black ; the greater part of the antennal scape, an interrupted band 

 on the pronotum, an irregular roundish mark on the sides of the 

 scutellum at the base, two irregular lines, widest on the outer side, 

 behind the middle of the second abdominal segment and a broad 

 line, narrowed laterally, on the basal half of the fifth segment, yellow; 

 the four front femora except at the base, their tibiae and tarsi, the 

 apex of the hind femora and the hind tibiae on the inner side and the 

 hind tarsi, rufous, largely suffused with black. Wings hyaline, the 

 apex of the radial cellule smoky, the nervures and stigma black. 2 . 



Length 8 mm. 



Cape Colony. Grahamstown, November. 



Front and vertex opaque, the former with shallow punctures which 

 become stronger below ; antennal depression bordered above by a 

 narrow, but distinct keel, below which it is smooth and shining. 

 Face and clypeus covered with silvery pubescence ; finely rugose ; 

 the clypeus ends in two stout, widely separated teeth. Mandibles 

 rufous, yellow at the base above, the apex black. Mesonotum and 

 scutellum bare, opaque ; in the middle is a distinct furrow which 

 reaches from the base to near the middle ; there is a shorter, indis- 

 tinct one on either side of the middle ; the apex at the scutellar 

 depression irregularly longitudinally striated ; the apex of the 

 scutellum bordered by a deep, irregularly striated furrow. Post- 

 scutellum closely rugose, irregularly, closely striated. Median seg- 

 ment finely rugose, irregularly, obliquely striated, the striae more 

 distinct and widely separated at the base ; the segment is short, its 

 apex widely and deeply furrowed. Pro- and meso-pleurae opaque, 

 with a few scattered punctures. Metapleurae shining, thickly 

 covered with a silky pile, obscurely, closely, obliquely striated ; the 

 apex on the lower part bordered by a stout keel, behind the lower 

 half of which is a deep, oval fovea or depression. The abdominal 

 petiole is as long as the following three segments united, its apical 

 third distinctly dilated. The inner spur of the hind tibiae is broad, 

 gradually dilated towards the middle above, i.e., narrowed towards 

 the base and apex, pallid yellow T , as long as the metatarsus ; the 

 hind tibiae have a few longish pale spines ; the legs covered with a 

 silvery pile. 



Gen. OXYBELUS, Latr. 



OXYBELUS SPINIFERUS, Sp. nOV. 



Black ; the under side of the antennal scape, the hind edge of the 

 pronotum to the tubercles, two large marks on the base of the 



