2 MEALIE, AND VINE CHAFERS. 



brownish longitudinal lines. The head is narrowed in 

 front, with the margins slightly reflexed. The thorax is 

 very convex, a little broader than long, narrowed in 

 front and strongly rounded at the base ; the entire sur- 

 face is very closely punctured, and there is a slightly 

 impressed longitudinal line in the centre. The scutellum 

 is elongate and triangular. The elytra are together one- 

 fourth broader than long, and strongly rounded at the 

 sides ; on the darker lines and spots there are short erect 

 setae, and similar setae on the propygidium, pygidium, 

 and sides of the abdomen. The legs are thick, especially 

 the posterior ones ; the anterior tibiae have three large 

 acute teeth (including the apical one), and the inter- 

 mediate tibias a row of very small teeth on the external 

 edge. The length of the body is 8 10 millm. 



This species belongs to the sub-family Hoplides, and 

 is allied to the common British Hoplia philanthus. In 

 some specimens, probably owing to abrasion, the mark- 

 ings are less distinct and the colour altogether more 

 obscure. 0. E. J. 



Miss Glanville notes of this beetle that it destroys 

 Mealie crops from near Fort Beaufort, right down to 

 the Fish Eiver mouth. Mr. Bairstow mentions that it 

 appears to be the worst pest in the country for Mealies. 



HYPOPHOLIS SOMMERI, Burm. (Fig. 2). 



H. sommeri, Burm. Handb. d. Entom. iv. 2, p. 283. 

 H. sukicollis, Bohm. Ins. Caff. ii. p. 92. 



FIG. 2. Hypopholis sommeri. 

 Chafer injurious to Vines. 

 Ovate, convex; red-brown, shining; the elytra 



