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(Voltzia Sandstone) of the Vosges. Unfortunately it has not been 

 possible to consult the description of this form, which has been 

 placed in the genus Apus by Ph. C. Bill (11)14). The genus Lepi- 

 durus is not a member of the modern South African fauna although 

 several species of Apus occur in the South African vleis, which 

 habitually suffer periodic dessication. 



Co-types. S. Af. Mus. Coll. Cat. Nos. 5751-5754, 5759-5761. 



Locality. Siberia, Wodehouse, C. P. 



Horizon. Shale-band near base of Cave Sandstone. 



CLASS INSECTA. 



ORDER COLEOPTERA. 



Text fig. 1. 



A piece of shale in the collection of the South African Museum 

 contains the impression of what seems part of a coleopterous elytron. 

 The impression is that of the posterior half of a right elytron, the 

 anterior portion lieing overlain by another impression which, accor- 

 ding to Dr. L. Pcriii-uey. cannot be coleopterous. The impression 



Fig. 1. Coleopterous elytron. 



shows 8 main sub-parallel veins and a fairly broad fold. The sixth 

 and seventh of the veins coalesce posteriorly. In addition there is 

 a series of pustules (left in the impression as punctures) forming a 

 fine line between the two outer veins, and another series between 

 the next pair of veins. 



The fragment (Cat. No. 5035) is too incomplete to justify naming. 

 Triassic coleoptera have been described from Australia (families 

 Hydrophilidae ?, Elateridae ?, Tenebrionidae ? and Malacodermidae) 

 and from the Keuper and Rhaetic of Europe. No Permian forms 

 have hitherto been described. 



Locality. Siberia, Wodehouse, C. P. 



Horizon. Shale-band near base of Cave Sandstone. 



