332 Mr. G. C. Chanipiou on 



other has been sent me from tlie Durban ]\Iuseum as S. 

 barkeri, Pic, a name liere sunk as a synonym of S.forinicurius, 

 Clorh,, an insect also occurring: at Malvern and elsewhere 

 in Natal. The colour given by lioheman for <S. collaris and 

 the allied forms, " nigro-cseruleus " or '• cperuleus," is mis- 

 leadino^, though a metallic sheen is usually visible, at least 

 on the head or elytra. 



7. Sphinginopalpus formicoides. 



? Sphinginopalptisfonnicoides, Pic, L'Echange, x.x. p. 66 ( $ ) (1904) '. 



? . Shining, nigro-piceous, the elytra with a brassy lustre, 

 tlie antennje (the slightly infuscate terminal joints excepted), 

 base of prothorax, tarsi, intermediate tibiae, and the anterior 

 tibife at the apex, testaceous ; antennse long; joint 4 of 

 maxillary palpi narrow, small, obliquely truncate at tip ; 

 elvtra globose, attenuate anteriorly, somewhat confusedly 

 ])unctate, the punctures subseriately arranged on the basal 

 lialf, the margins narrow, the humeri subangular ; ])Oste- 

 rior tibia? curved, flattened, rather stout ; wings wanting. 

 Hab. S. Africa, Grahamstown, Cape Colony ^ 

 A ? from 8. Africa sent me by Dr. Peringuey as S. 

 [Chalicorus) collaris, Boh., may be referable to S. formicoides. 

 Pic, which should have a duller head and prothorax, and 

 rufescent elytral margins. This specimen has the antennie 

 long and testaceous to near the tip, and the head and pro- 

 thorax more shining than in S. col/cnis a.ud S. fonnicariiis, 

 thus approaching S. atripennis. 



8. Sphinginopalpus albilubris. 



cJ, Chalicorus albilubris, Boh. Ins. Caffraria, i. 2, p. 477 (ISol) '. 



^ . Narrow, very shining, black with a violaceous lustre 

 in certain lights, the head with a sharply-defined white 

 A-shajJcd space in front, the basal six joints of the antennae, 

 the palpi, base of the prothorax, anterior and intermediate 

 legs (the bases of the femora anfl the tips of the tarsi excepted), 

 and the posterior tarsi iu great part, testaceous, the elytra 

 with an elons^ate-triangular whitish patch at the sides below 

 the base; the head and prothorax very sparsely, minutely, 

 the elytra to beyoi.d the middle rather coarsely, subseriately, 

 punctured. Head rather broad ; antennse long, slender, 

 tiliform, joint i modeiately elongate, obsoletely dentate near 

 the base : joints 3 and 4 of maxillary pal})i very large, 

 transverse, 4 scaphiform, concave. Elytra oblong, slightly 

 rounded at the sides, parallel at the extreme base, the 

 humeri tumid. Po-terior tibire feeblv curved. 



