60 REV. J. o'neil 



Arsinoe, Of the nine described S. African species of this 

 genus, (A. trimaculata, Motsch. is most probably a 

 LohodontuSy) five occur at Salisbury, and a sixth, 

 A. nota bills, Per., is found at Umtali. A. egregia and 

 A. qnadri-guttuia are abundant here under bark. The 

 lately described A. o'neUi, Brkr., is also found under 

 bark, but is not common. In his description of this 

 species, Mr. Barker stated that the stria of the 

 elytra '* are hardly perceptible ". This was evidently 

 a slip, f(»r the elytra are rather deeply punctato- 

 striate. 



The very large and aberrant A. grand is. Per., 

 whose inclusion in this genus is open to considerable 

 doubt, has been recorded from Salisbury only. I have 

 found two examples of this remarkable Lebiid, both 

 under the bark of Brachysiegia randii, and both 

 measuring 15 mm. long by &J wide. A. fraterna, 

 described by Peringuey from Salisbury and Ovampo- 

 land, is unknown to me. 



Lohodonfus. Two si^ecies found locally: L. gentilis^ 

 which is common under bark, and L. conjunctua, 

 Brkr.. of which T liave taken two specimens only. 



Catascopus. Though Peringuey records only one species 

 of this genus frcmi S. Africa, I believe we have no 

 fewer than three in the sub-continent. The one 

 found at Salisbury and also at Umvuma, is very 

 much larger than the C. nijofemorafus of Natal and 

 the Transvaal, the colour of the upper-side is dark 

 blue-green, not emerald green, and the hmgitudinal 

 median groove of the prothorax is deeper and 

 broader tlian that of the southern species. T have 

 taken two examples at Salisbury: length 14 mm., 

 width 5 mm. The third species, of which I have a 

 single example from Beira, is similar to the last, but 

 rather darker, and with the antennae and legs 

 piceous black. 



