Transactions of the Boyal Society of South Africa. 
Basal part of elytra with a transversely ovate patch, 
no lateral spot, anterior band yellow, narrow, 
broadening slightly along the margin, posterior 
band either not broader than the anterior and 
sinuose, or broadly dilated from the centre to the 
outer margin (pi. xxiii., figs. 17, 18) flagiata. 
The same but with the posterior band suffused with 
orange, and three times as broad as the anterior; 
prothorax not coarsely punctate (pi. xxiii,, fig. 19). . 
The same as hcemacta, but without any traces of 
basal dorsal patch ; prothorax very coarsely punc- 
tate (pi. xxiii., fig. 20) 
a^ The five apical joints infuscate, almost black. 
Basal part of elytra with an ovate rounded orange- 
yellow patch, no lateral one, bands orange yellow, 
anterior one narrow, strangulated in the centre, 
posterior one broader, slanting from the median 
dorsal part to the outer margin (pi. xxiii., fig. 21) . . 
hcemacta. 
var. hottentota. 
lavatercB. 
Basal part of elytra with an ovate rounded orange 
patch, no lateral one, bands of the same colour, 
anterior one interrupted in the centre, posterior 
strongly slanting, narrow from the suture to about 
the middle and dilated thence to the outer margin 
(pi. xxiii., fig. 22) testudo. 
Elytra with a yellow basal band coalescing with the 
anterior band. 
a^. Antennas yellow with the two basal joints black. 
Elytra yellow from the base to the median part, but 
with three transversely disposed black spots of the 
background left at some distance from the base 
tristigma. 
The same with a narrow post-median yellow band 
constricted or broadly interrupted in the centre 
(pi. xxiii., figs. 23, 24) y&v. permutans. 
The same but with the two lateral and sub-median 
black spots in the anterior part coalescing so as to 
form a lateral patch, and the yellow basal part does 
not reach the median part (pi. xxiii., fig. 25) . . . . var. flavicornis. 
Anterior part of elytra yellow from the base to near 
the median part, lower margin of the yellow band 
nearly transverse or with the rudiments of a post- 
median yellow band reduced to a juxta-sutural 
transversely ovate patch, and a minute supra- 
marginal yellow dot (pi. xxiii., figs. 26, 27).. .. \£ly. stali. 
Anterior part of elytra yellow from the base to the 
median part, and slightly or distinctly prolonged 
beyond it along the suture and the outer margin 
(pi. xxiii., figs. 28, 29) palliata. 
