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No. Obs. No, Name. Colour. Me pa Remarks, 
| Heteromera. 
Tenebrionidae. 
13 20, 134, Macropoda transversalis A + Rotund, large, black,very 
228, 472 Kolbe. active beetles, which 
run about freely and 
may often be seen 
24 | 34,145 | Physophrynus, sp. n. A © feeding on dead grass- 
hoppers, ete. 
36 | 53,375 | Lamprobothris — fossulata a@ |—— |Dull_ purple  shagreen, 
Mill. small. 
46 | 68,334 | Vieta Sp. ? vestita Gory. is © Light earth-brown; fine 
upstanding bristles on 
elytra. 
69 | 133, 558 | Rhytinota gracilis Gerst. A + | Smooth, polished black. 
225 | _- 467 Tihytinota acuticollis Pairm.| A —— A es as 
167 | 353, 452 | Anomalipus heraldicus a ——-—| Large, grey, flat, sluggish. 
Gerst. 
182 | 376, 496 | Praogena splendens Mikl.| A  |———!| pull purple: freely ex- 
posed, 
192 396, 516, | Anchophthalmus clathratus © Grey or black, like a 
575 Gerst. Silphid in shape. 
215 | 447, 471, | Catamerus revoili Fairm. AA © | Large, dull blue-black, 
531 sluggish. 
220 458 Zophosis pterygomalis ie} —— | A flat grey species running 
Gebien, about actively. : 
289 614 8) 3h Like a large ground-weevil, 
| dark grey. [Fragmen- 
tary: may be a weevil:] 
156 336 Larvae, possibly of 215. A — | Gregarious, freely exposed 
on twig, blue-black. 
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General remarks on the TENEBRIONIDAE. 
The beetles of this family, unattractive and of sombre 
hue, are often likely to be met with on the ground by 
monkeys, and some are extremely common. 
Not one of the twelve species given to M. was regarded as 
really edible, and only three were eaten with great doubt. 
It is also interesting to note that the larvae of one 
species were rejected. 
Lagriidae, | 
114, 209, rhodesiana Pé- 
513, 533 
Lagria 
ring. 
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| 
| Meloidae. 
11, 111,  Coryna dorsalis Gerst. 
156, 271 
12,347  Mylabris tristigma Gerst., 
1) awe’. | 
495 | Mylabris amplectans Gerst. 
42 | Cyaneolytta coelestina 
Haag. 
a 
AA 
AA 
AA 
AA 
| 
—— |A dull, purplish-brown, 
small beetle, very com- 
mon on grass tops. 
——— Black with yellow marks. 
—-—— Black and orange. 
eee Black and orange. 
Like an “ oil-beetle,” dull 
purple. 
| 
Remarks on the MeLoIDArE. 
These beetles fulfil all the canons of typically aposematic 
insects; they were found feeding freely exposed on flower 
petals, except No. 32, which, having no wings, has only 
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