84 FRUIT TREE IPHIDEA. 



FAM. CEEAMBYCIDJE. 



LITOPUS DISPAR, Thorns. 

 Litopus dispar, Thomson, Ess. Class. Ceramb. p. 171. 



PROMECES LINEARIS, Linn. 

 Leptura linearis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 399. 

 Cerambyxfusi/ormis, DeGeer, Mem. vii. p. 657, t. 49, f. 7. 

 Saperda longipes, Fab. Syst. Ent. App. p. 824 ; Oliv. 

 Ent. iv. 70, p. 28, t. 1, f. 8. 



HYPOCEITES MENDAX, Fahrs. 



Hypocrites mendax, Fahrs. Ofvers. Kongl. Ak. Forh., 

 1872, i. p. 62. 



FAM. GALERUCILXE. 

 IPHIDEA CAPENSIS, Baly, n.sp. 



Fruit-tree Iphidea. 



Specimens of this small Phytophagous beetle have 

 been examined by Dr. J. S. Baly, and, on its proving to 

 be a species hitherto undescribed, he has obligingly fur- 

 nished the technical diagnosis given below* under the 

 specific name of capensis. A more general description 

 is as follows : 



Of an oblong form, a little widened behind and mode- 

 rately convex above; the upper surface and legs of a 



* Oblongo-ovata, convexa, flavo-fulva, nitida, pectpre abdominisque 

 nigris, antennis, basi exceptis. tarsisque apice piceis ; thorace lavi ; 

 elytris tenuiter subcrebre punctatis, margine lateral! suturaque anguste 

 nigris. Long 2 lin. 



Hab. South Africa (Grahamstovm). 



Antennas more than half the length of the body ; three, four, or five 

 outer joints nigro-fuscous or black. Thorax smooth, nearly impunctate. 

 Elytra finely but rather closely punctured. Basal joint of the hinder 

 tarsi longer than the following three united (J. S. Baly). 



