202 A NATURALIST IN THE TRANSVAAL. 



Fara. LAMIID^. 



Tragocephala sulphurata, sp. n. Pretoria. 



Ceroplesis bicincta, Fabr. Pretoria. 



Ceroplesis capensis, Linn., var. n. Pretoria. 



Ceroplesis brachyptera, Thorns. Zoutpansberg, Waterberg, 



and Pretoria. 



Phryneta spinator, Fabr. Pretoria. 



Rhaphidopsis zonaria. Durban, Natal. 



Tragiscoschtma amabilis, Perr. Durban, Natal. 



Crossotus Jclugii, sp. n. Pretoria. 



TetradiafasciatocolliSj Thorns. Pretoria. 



Hecyrida terrea, Bertol. Pretoria. 



Morcegamus globiceps, Har. Pretoria. 



Notes and Descriptions. 

 Paroeme gahani, sp. n. (Tab. I. fig. 7.) 



Body brownish testaceous ; eyes black ; legs ochraceous, the 

 apex of anterior femora, the apical halves of intermediate and 

 posterior femora, apices of tibiae, and apices of tarsal joints dark 

 castaneous ; apex of basal joint of antennae broadly blackish, 

 apices of second, third, fourth, and fifth joints narrowing, slightly 

 darker. The basal joint of the antennae is coarsely punctate 

 above and abruptly truncate at apex ; pronotum subnodulose 

 and very sparingly pilose ; the elytra are thickly and coarsely 

 punctate. 



Long. 15 millim. \ (W. L. D.) 



Tragocephala sulphurata, sp. n. (Tab. I. fig. 9.) 



Body sulphureous. Antennae black. Head with a transverse 

 fascia between antennal bases ; eyes and a large triangular spot 

 at their base black ; pronotum with two slightly waved longi- 

 tudinal fasciae, fused and meeting on anterior margin, and apices 

 of lateral tubercles black ; margins of scutellum and elytral 

 sutures, the last obliterated a little beyond centre and at apex, 

 black; elytra ornamented with variable black spots (in some 

 specimens being f asciate) . Tarsi brownish beneath. 



Long. 18 millim. 



