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^iopelus. T1k» three species — S. insKtns, Per., *S'. Urn 

 hiitmi, P6r., and aS. vcniistulns. Boh., — described 

 in P^ringuey's Catalogue, are all. the last 

 especially, very coninion at Salisbury. They are 

 found in winter under stones and dead leaves, and 

 aS'. Ui-siitiis and ^^ venustulus frequently Hy to the 

 light in summer. 



Narpalus. Of this genus I have taken at Salisbury — 

 H. miles and H. dorsiger (occasionally,) H. 

 spurhis (one example.) H. nanus (three examples,) 

 H. prccarius (one example,) H. ftisco-aeneus (one 

 example,) and four other species certainly not 

 described in I*eringuey's Catalogue. 



])yoriche D. figurata, Boh., is common here, and abun- 

 dant at Victoria and in Matabeleland. D. seriata, 

 Kolbe, is often taken at light in summer. D. 

 picipes, Klug., which I have taken in some numbers 

 under stones near Mctoria, and of which T have 

 seen a long series from Beira, does not appear 

 to occur in this neighbourhood. 



Htenolophus. A genus poorly represented at Salisbury 

 I know of only three species — /S^. fallax, S. elegans 

 and S. alacer — that have been recorded from this 

 locality and of these I have only found a*^'. rfcgans 

 here. 



Acupalpus. 1 have captured nine species of these pretty 

 little beetles at Salisbury, viz., A. gracilis, A. 

 capicola, A. pallidtis, A. umhrlpcnnis, A. natal icas, 

 A. decoratus, and three others ihal seem to be 

 undescribed. Most of them lly to lighl <luring the 

 summer months. A. capicffla is abnndanl here, 

 and is found in great inmibcrs hibernaiiiig under 

 stones in the winter. It is very variable in ])attern. 

 and is, in my o})inioii, merely a variety of A. graci- 

 lis which is found with. it. The prettily-marked 

 A. iessellatas. Per., is very common near Plumti'ee, 

 but I have not heard of its occurrence in Mashona- 

 land. 



