Coleoptera from South Africa. S^S 



Graptoclerus rquextris. 

 " Clfrus " equestris, Boheinan, Ins. CaQr. i. fiwc. ii. p. 498. 



JIah. ^Inslionaliiiid, tSalisl)ury {MnrshnU). 



Two specimens a;L;rce witli the ilesciiptioa of this insect. I 

 had not seen it before; with the following species and several 

 others it will require a new f;enus for its rece;)tion. 



Tliey were found at Salisbury in Senteinber 1893 " on 

 Mosasa." 



Although this is a very much smoother insect than the one 

 1 describe as G. sl(jnatus, it will be properly placed in the 

 same genus. The general characters of the antennae, tarsi, 

 and claws, the form of the thorax and its smooth interspaces, 

 and the punctuation of the elytra without series arc the same. 



Graptoclerus quadripunctatus^ s[). n. 



Ochraccnp, crcbre, confluenter, elytris distinctius piinctatis, his 

 niaculis duabus in siugubs, nee suturam nee marginem attio- 

 gcntibus. nigris. 



Long. G miliim. 



Ilah. Natal, ^lalvern, Umkomaas River [Marshall). 



This insect so much resembles Opilo {C/erus) nodicollia^ 

 Bohem,, that it might readily be confounded with it. The 

 form of the thorax, however, is quite different. The iiead 

 and thorax are closely and rugosely though not very coarsely 

 graiiul;ite-j)unclate, and hence appear dull. The thorax is 

 broader than long, much rounded behind, and marginal at its 

 base; behind the anterior constriction there is a smooth, 

 slightly elevated ridge, interrupted in the middle, and other 

 smooth interspaces further back, especially in the middle, one 

 before the base forms a sort of imperfect carina. The elytra 

 are thickly and contluently and more coarsely punctured. 

 Thcie is a black transverse spot before the middle, and another 

 rounder and larger one about one quarter before the apex. 



The antenna are thin, as in G. siqnatuSy their third to 

 eighth joints elongate-fusiform, gradually shortening; the 

 ninth to eleventh form a lax elongate club, of which the ninth 

 joint is elongate, the tenth is obconic, not much longer than 

 wide, the apical joint is ovate, acuminate, and compressed 

 at the tip. The maxillary palpi have the apical joint trans- 

 versely cup-shaped and obliquely articulated. 



Two specimens, and one received from M. Therv without 

 special locality. 



