frovi Soudi (itid ]]\'sl Africa. 73 



conflvu'iiter puiictalis, jmnctis in st-ricbus vix coiipcstis ; anleniiis 

 brt'vilius, articulis quatuor basalibus nifis (supra nigro-notatis), 

 clava valida, articub) apicali lato, ajiioo iiitiis acuniinato ; pedibus 

 nigris, ftnioribus tibii.-(juccicrulcscoiitibus, iinguibus rufis, piiiipli- 

 cibus. 

 Lung, l(»-ll millim. 



JIab. Natal, Tugclu River, Weenen {Marslt<iU). 



Elongate, jmrallel ; head and thorax dark steel-blue, 

 tliirkly rutijosely pujictate, the latter half as long again as 

 wide, the front margin straight, the base rounded ; there is no 

 eonslrietion, but the disk is depressed a little behind the 

 front and there is a somewhat carinate bright line down the 

 middle. Elytra scarcely wider than the thorax ; they have 

 three orange bands narrowly interrupted at the suture, the 

 first and second united along the margin : the Hrst occupies 

 the base and shoulder, but is rounded off on each side of the 

 scutellum ; the second is undulate, concave towards the base; 

 the third orange band is subajjical, cut out in front at the 

 suture. The abdomen and body beneath are blue. 



The pattern of the elytra of this insect is almost identical 

 with that of the North- American T. apivorus. It is really 

 allied to Clems Icpidus, Walker, a species described from 

 examples taken by J. K. Lord in " Egypt," and figured by 

 C. \\ atcrhouse in ' Aid to the Identification of Insects,' 

 t, Ixxvi., also noticed by him in the index to vol. i. of 

 the same publication, p. 12, and of the variety examples 

 of which, without a central orange band, are in my collec- 

 tion from "Tajura, Straits of Bab-el-Mcndeb." Both this 

 insect and T. tagelanus are aberrant, if, indeed, they can 

 be referred to Trichodes. The cultriform apical joint of 

 the antennaj, though short, almost square, yet acuminate 

 on its inner side, agrees with that genus better tlian with 

 I'hUocalus. Two Trichodes only have yet been recorded from 

 h?outh Africa, viz. T. aulicus, Klug, Spin., and T. Dn'(jei, 

 Chevr. Rev. et IMag. Zoul. 1874, p. .50, unless, as M. Chev- 

 rolat seems to think (cf. note, p. 16, l. c.) T. aulicusy Klug, 

 is a different species from T. aulicus, Spin. t. xxxi. fig. 4, in 

 which case there are three. These Cape Colony " Trichodes " 

 are very scarce; I possess two examples only, whicii appear 

 to be distinct species, and neither of thom agrees with the 

 figure in Spinola, the base of the elytra having only a 

 narrow line of red in one and being wholly dark green in the 

 other, besides other differences. Insects labelled " Caj),"^, /i, 

 &c., from old collections, must be received with reserve as 

 to the locality, as any South- African locality was often so 

 designated. 



