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cent pubescence either covering nearly the whole head except two elon- 
gated sub-denuded longitudinal bands on each side of the frontal part, or 
reduced to a median frontal line on the anterior part while the sides and 
the vertex are narrowly marginate ; prothorax extremely closely punctu- 
late and clothed with a pubescence similar to that of the head and leaving 
on each side of the median part two elongated denuded bands ; this 
pubescence is, however, occasionally restricted to the lateral and posterior 
margins but always forms a conspicuous longitudinal median line or 
narrow band extending from base to apex ; scutellum with a yellow 
pubescence ; elytra very closely punctate, clothed with a fine, nearly 
appressed greyish fuscous pubescence, and having along the suture a 
narrow flavescent or greyish fiavescent line, the outer margins have a 
similar band reaching from the base to the rounded part of the apex, and 
in the discoidal part a slightly wider band reaching from the base to a 
very short distance from the apical margin ; under side and legs clothed 
with, a dense, appressed, flavescent pubescence hiding the teguments ; 
tarsi densely setose, bristly laterally. 
Length 22-26 mm. ; width 6-7 mm. 
Hab. Mozambique (Beira) ; Southern Rhodesia (Umtali, Manica). 
Gen. CANTHARIS, Geoffr., 
Hist. Ins. Env. Par., i., 1762, p. 339. 
Lytta, Fabric, Syst. Entom., p. 260. 
Ejpicauta, Eedt., Faun. Austr., p. 631. 
Mentum ampliate and somewhat angular laterally in the median part, 
ligula membranous, pubescent and deeply emarginate in the centre, labial 
palps short, the last one cylindrical and truncate at tip, but occasionally 
somewhat ampliate there ; maxillae elongated, moderately slender, inner 
and upper lobes broadly and densely penicillate, the hairs long, incurved, 
upper lobe very distinct from the inner, truncate at apex ; ultimate joint 
of maxillary palps cylindrical, truncate, not longer than the two preceding 
ones taken together ; labrum as long as a rule as the epistome, covering 
the robust mandibles ; eyes only slightly emarginate in front ; antennae 
either very plainly compressed or only moderately so, long, short or very 
short ; the basal joint is either long and slightly thickened at apex or 
short and strongly knobby, the second joint is always short or very short, 
the third comparatively long, but in the species with very short antennae 
it is very small, the others are usually longer than broad, but in the 
species with short antennae they are broader at apex than? at base, and 
may be almost transverse, the ultimate joint is longer than the penultimate 
and acuminate at tip ; prothorax variable in shape, campanulate and 
strongly acuminate in front or sub-quadrate ; scutellum sub-parallel, 
