from the Cape of Good Hope. 137 



Europs also) is either 4-4-4 and 4*4-3, or 4-4-4 In both sexes, — as the 

 case may be. If properly distinct, however, so completely does our 

 present genus imitate its Atlantic representative, that I have thought 

 the above generic title would not be altogether an inappropriate one. 



Mimema pallidum, n. sp. 



31. lineare, opacum, parce pubescens, rufo-testaceum ; capite protho- 



raceque alutaceis, remote leviter punctatis, hoc quadrato ad latera 



minutissime subcrenulato • elytris leviter striato-punctatis, pallido- 



testaceis, concoloribus • pygidio rufescente ; antennis piceo-ferrugineis. 



Long. corp. lin. 1^-lf. 



The larger size, broader outline, and pallid hue of the present 

 Mimema, in conjunction with its more opake surface, ampler elytra, 

 and consequently less exposed pygidium, will, apart from all other 

 differences, immediately distinguish it from the following one. Al- 

 though apparently not a ^^>7(0/-5ia-feeding insect like the Atlantic 

 Europs, it would nevertheless seem to have something in common 

 with the members of that genus, as regards its habits ; for whilst 

 Europs more particularly delights in the viscous, adhesive exudations 

 in the interior of the rotten Euphorbia-stems, Mr. Bewicke writes 

 me word that the two species of Mimema " dwell in the thick sticky 

 matter at the bottom of the flowers of the common sugar-bush (a 

 Protea)," — which " sugar-bush," I am further informed by the Rev. 

 R. T. Lowe, is probably a corruption of " Sugarbosch" (the Dutch 

 ZuyTcerbosch), and that the plant is the Protea mellifera, Thunb., of 

 which there is a figure given in the Bot. Mag. t. 346. 



Having been accustomed to collect in Madeira, Mr. Bewicke at 

 once recognized the present insect as a probably new species of 

 Europs ; though he informs me that he felt a little doubtful as to its 

 generic identity through the fact of finding it in flowers, — a position 

 in which the two hitherto detected species of Europs have never 

 been observed. Perhaps, however, the dilated tarsi of Mimema may 

 well accord with this slight difference in its mode of life ; though its 

 close resemblance to Europs in most of its other details and outward 

 contour, would certainly lead us to anticipate a considerable similarity 

 also, — which " similarity " is, I conceive, sufficiently established in 

 the peculiarity of its food to which I have just drawn attention. 



Mimema tricolor, n. sp. 



M. lineare, angustum subopacum, parcius pubescens, piceo-nigrum ; 

 capite prothoraceque alutaceis, remote punctatis, hoc subconvexo 



