198 A NATURALIST IN THE TRANSVAAL. 



Anthocomus ? sp. ? Pretoria. 



One example of a very small Melyrid beetle pertains, I think, 

 to this genus. 



Fam. 



In this family two species of Corynetes are recorded, both well 



known in Britain ; they were found among accumulations of 

 horns. 



Corynetes rufipes, Fabr. Pretoria. 



Corynetes ruficollis, Fabr. Pretoria. 



Colotes, sp. ? Pretoria. 



Fam. BOSTRYCHID.E. 

 Sinoxylon conigerum, Gerst. Pretoria. 



HETEROMERA. 



I fully expected to find many more species of this group 

 than I did near Pretoria, though the number of individuals 

 was in an inverse ratio to the number of species. Most are 

 naturally found on the scanty herbage of the veld, but some, as 

 Eletica rvfa and Zonitis eborina, frequent the leaves of Ascle- 

 piads. Mylabris ophthalmica throughout the summer is common 

 on the rose-bloom of the hedges, and, as I have previously re- 

 marked, Mylabris transversalis is very injurious to the cultivated 

 roses of Natal. Dichtha cubica is probably a mountain species; 

 I certainly only found it in a barren rocky mountain pass : 

 whilst Psammodes striatus is common everywhere and doubtless 

 falls a prey to the large Geodephaga ; in the dry season the 

 empty body-cases of the Psammodes are found strewn over the 

 plains. 



I have been able to determine these species by comparison 

 with the fine collection of Mr. Fred. Bates, now contained in 

 the British Museum ; and I have also to thank Mr. Champion 

 for his assistance. I describe one species of which I can find 

 no record. Some species of the obscure genera Strongylium, 

 Lagria, Nemognatha, and Trigonopus I have not ventured to 

 identify. 



