Prof. II. G. Seclcy on Hortalotaraus skirtopodus. 411 



a pale fulvous-wliite tint ; but at the extreme apex tlierc is 

 a luscous patch. The antenna, which have a spotted appear- 

 ance, extend very little beyond the middle of the elytra. 



Very few African forms of this genus have yet been 

 described. I do not know of any near ally to the present 

 species, which in general shape seems to I'esemble most one 

 or two of the Japanese species (P. ancjusta and zonata) 

 described by Bates. 



Amongst other fine species which are new to the British 

 Museum collection there is an example of one described by 

 M. Fairmaire under the name of Zograplius alhoguttatus (Ann. 

 Soc. Ent. de France, 1887, p. 336). This species presents 

 very distinct structural cliaracters which ought to exclude it 

 from the genus Zographus^ and I therefore propose for it 

 he name 



Baliesthes, gen. nov. 



It is to be distinguished from ZograpJius by the following 

 characters : — Scape of antennge smooth, without cicatrice at 

 the apex. Elytra without trace of longitudinal grooves or 

 costje. Intercoxal process of prosternum much narrower and 

 simply arched, instead of being vertical and bituberculate in 

 front. Mesosternal process also somewhat narrower, declivous 

 instead of being vertical in front, and having a small median 

 cariniform tubercle near the middle of its length. 



I should prefer to place this new genus near Phymasterna 

 rather than near Zographus. Phymasterna inctor^ Fahr. 

 ^ Solymus piictor^ Lac), a South- African species of much 

 smaller size, differs little in structural detail. 



LIII. — On Hortalotarsus skirtopodus, a new Saurischian 

 Fossil from Uarldy East, Gape Colony. By H. G. 

 Seeley, F.R.S.* 



In the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, are a few remains of 

 a skeleton, known locally as the Bushman Fossil, discovered 

 by Mr. William Horner' Wallace at " Eagle's Crag," Barkly 

 East, Cape of Good Hope, 11th June 1888. A sketch of the 

 specimen (fig. 1) was made by Mr. D. Rudlin, of Kelvin Grove, 

 Barkly East, which shows what appear to be the superior 



* Read before the Geological Society of London, June 22, 1892, as 

 Part 8 of " Contribution to Knowledge of the Saurischia of Europe and 

 Africa." 



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