SS2 BEAN BRUCHUS. 



M. oculata, of which a figure is given above, is one of 

 the largest and most conspicuous species of the genus ; 

 the body and legs are black and rather shining, with 

 short black hairs ; the antennas are yellow, and there is 

 a small round spot at the base of each of the elytra, and 

 two broad bands extending right across them of a dark 

 amber-yellow. Mr. Bairstow notes the injurious nature 

 of " all our Mylabrida," and also that he had observed 

 this species on the blossoms of fruit trees. 



FIG. 12.Mylabris lunata. 



M. lunata, of which a figure is also given, is about 

 half the size of M. oculata, and has the yellow bands on 

 the elytra much narrower, and the round basal spot 

 which is present in that species, is here replaced by a 

 curved yellow mark or lunule. This species is stated 

 by Mr. Bairstow to be very common in the district of 

 Albany, Peddie, and Fish Eiver, destroying peas and 

 beans. 



FAM. BKUCHID^. 

 BRUCHUS sp. ? (SUBARMATUS, Gyll.?). (Fig. 13.) 



The South African Bean-seed Beetle does not quite 

 agree with any species of which descriptions have been 

 published ; it approaches very close to the B. subarmatus, 

 Gyll., and may eventually prove to be that species, but 

 as the specimens forwarded for determination are not in 

 good condition the question of specific identity is left 

 open for the present. About 400 species of this genus 

 have now been described from various parts of the world, 

 and as they, from their habits, are peculiarly liable to 

 transmission from one country to another it renders the 

 determination of a species often a very tedious matter, 



