96 Descriptive Catalogue [1897. 



Eeichenbachia achillis, C. Schauf., 

 Catalog. Tijdschr. Ent., xxxi., p. 20. 

 Bryaxis crassipes, Eaffr., Eev. Entom., vi., 1887, p. 36. 



Rather elongate, piceous black, elytra red, legs and antennae 

 brown, body with a hardly noticeable pubescence, and shining ; the 

 colour turns sometimes to red all over, principally in the female ; 

 head subquadrate, fovese shallow, anterior one larger than the others ; 

 antenna? rather elongate, third to sixth joints elongate, seventh 

 much shorter, eighth quadrate, ninth larger, quadrate, tenth trape- 

 zoidal and larger, eleventh large, ovate, acuminate ; prothorax 

 larger than the head, rather elongate, oblique at base, lateral 

 foveae placed close to the margin, of moderate size, median one 

 minute, base punctulate ; elytra somewhat elongate, slightly 

 attenuate at base and trifoveate, shoulders little pronounced, dorsal 

 stria nearly entire and slightly bisinuate ; abdomen shorter than the 

 elytra, carinulae extremely short . 



Male : Antennae more slender and longer than in the female ; 

 anterior tibiae slightly dilated in the middle inwardly and more or 

 less minutely tuberculate before the apex, intermediate ones slightly 

 sinuate inwardly and with a strong spur at tip, posterior ones 

 arcuate, all the femora thick ; metasternum strongly and broadly 

 impressed, minutely bituberculate close to the intermediate coxae ; 

 fourth and third ventral segments with a large, oblong fovea reaching 

 also the tip of the second one, ultimate segment rugoso-punctate, 

 having a deep subtriangular fovea at the base, and impressed 

 transversely at apex. Length 1-80 mm. 



Female: Antennae a little shorter than in the male, legs not so 

 thick ; metasternum slightly impressed, last ventral segment rugoso- 

 punctate, second dorsal one acutel}^ mucronate in the middle of the 

 apical part. Length 1-60 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Stellenbosch). Eare. 



Female : Var. himucronata. Second and third dorsal segments 

 sharply spinose in the middle of the apical part ; sometimes the first 

 segment is very briefly spinose in the median part of the apex. 

 Length 1-40-1-60 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Muizenberg, in the neighbourhood of Cape 

 Town). 



This female variety {himucronata) is a very interesting one, because 

 dimorphism is extremely rare among females, and I know of no 

 such occurrence in the whole family. I have captured also the 

 male of this variety, which does not show the slightest difference 

 with the typical male captured with the typical female. It is also 



