INSECTA. 201 



LONGICORNIA. 



The absence of woods and forests on the " high veld," which 

 may almost be said to compose the district of Pretoria, renders 

 the number of longicorn beetles to be found but few in number 

 and not particularly striking in size or appearance. Some I 

 only met with in most unlikely places, such as Compsomera 

 elegantissima in the billiard-room of the hotel at which I 

 boarded, and Taurotayus klugii seen but once, and then on 

 some wooden packing-cases in the town of Pretoria. Anubls 

 mellyi swarms on the flowers (principally on Scabiosa, sp.) 

 growing on the open veld, and Promeces viridis is also common 

 on the same scanty flora. One of the most interesting species 

 is Amphidesmus emails, which is generally found on leaves, 

 where the females wonderfully resemble representatives of the 

 genus Lycus the long antennae of the male render the 

 deception less complete. The most showy species of the fauna, 

 Philagathes laetus, is very abundant at the commencement of 

 the summer in gardens, but is only on the wing for a short time. 



Although I only found twenty-four species, three have 

 proved to be undescribed, and my best thanks are due to Mr. C. 

 J. Gahan, of the British Museum, without whose aid I should 

 not have ventured to diagnose the new species. 



Fam. PRIONID^E. 

 Tithoes confinis, Castel. Pretoria. 



Fam. CERAMBYCID^E. 



Xystrocera globosa, Oliv. Pretoria. 



Taurotagus klugii, Lacord. Pretoria. 



Compsomera elegantissima, White. Pretoria. 



Phyllocnema latipes, De Geer. Pretoria. 



Anubis mellyi, White. Pretoria. 



Litopus dispar, Thorns. Pretoria. 



Promeces viridis, Pasc. Waterberg and Pretoria. 



Euporus callichromoides, Pasc. Durban, Natal. 



Paroeme gahani, sp. n. Pretoria. 



Clytanthus capensis, Lap. & Gory. Pretoria. 



Amphidesmus analis, Oliv. Pretoria. 



Philagathes Icetus, Thorns. Pretoria. 



