. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Some South African, Rhyncliota in South African Museum. 47 NEOVARUS LUTEIPENNIS, sp. n. $ . Black ; lateral areas of tegmina from base to beyondjmiddle, ochraceous ; membrane piceous; antennae piceous, pilose, first joint passing apex of head, second longest; head cen- trally longitudinally sul- cate from in front of eyes to near apex ; ocelli large and somewhat ochraceous; Vi w scutellum with a short spine on each lateral mar- gin and a longer and slightly upwardly curved spine at apex; lateral mar-


. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Some South African, Rhyncliota in South African Museum. 47 NEOVARUS LUTEIPENNIS, sp. n. $ . Black ; lateral areas of tegmina from base to beyondjmiddle, ochraceous ; membrane piceous; antennae piceous, pilose, first joint passing apex of head, second longest; head cen- trally longitudinally sul- cate from in front of eyes to near apex ; ocelli large and somewhat ochraceous; Vi w scutellum with a short spine on each lateral mar- gin and a longer and slightly upwardly curved spine at apex; lateral mar- gins of connexivum more or less pilose ; membrane not quite reaching abdominal apex ; rostrum piceous, first joint slightly shorter than the second; prosternum distinctly longitudinally centrally sulcate; base of anal segment beneath ochraceous. Long., $ , 22 mm. Hab. Cape Colony ; NEOVARUS LUTEIPENNIS. GENUS HOLOTEICHIUS. Holotrichius, Burm., Handb. Ent. ii. p. 247 (1835). Type, H. tenebrosus, Burm. HOLOTEICHIUS SEGMENTAEIUS, sp. n. 5 . Body, first joint of antennae and legs greyishly pilose, and above more or less longly fuscously setose, head longer than pronotum, a distinct tubercle on post-ocular area near base, lateral margins of ante-ocular area distinctly setose; eyes moderately small, longer than broad ; rostrum pitchy brown, the basal joint greyishly pilose and shortly setose ; antennae with the first joint longer than the ante-ocular area of the head and distinctly longer than the third joint, longly setose, second and third joints pale brownish, their apices piceous; pronotum with the basal margin- including the lateral angles—about twice as broad as the anterior 4. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaan


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