364 Rev. H. S. Gorham on 
front; the punctuation of the meso- and metasterna is finer 
and sparser, as is that also of the abdomen. The legs are 
long and thin. 
Only two specimens were sent me by Mr. G. A. Marshall. 
They were captured at Edmond’s Farm, Salisbury, under 
bark, in October 1898. 
Episcaphula aulacochiloides, Crotch. 
Episcaphula aulacochiloides, Crotch, Rev. Erotyl., Cist. Ent. i, 1876, 
p. 412. 
Hab. Natal, Durban (Marshall). 
Episcaphula interrupta, Lac. 
Episcaphula interrupta, Lac. Mon. Erot. p. 56. 
Hab. Natal, Malvern, Umfuli River (Marshall). 
Amblyscelis natalensis, Crotch. 
Amblyscelis natalensis, Crotch, Rey. Erotyl., Cist. Ent. i. 1876, p. 455 
(Amblyopus). 
Hub. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall). 
I have received this from Natal. Crotch records what is 
perhaps a distinct species from Lake Ngami. 
It is best recognized by the elongate form and by being 
wholly yellow with the exception of the black elytra and 
black club of the antenna. 
Amblyscelis nigrinus, Gorh. 
Amblyscelis nigrinus, Gorh. Ann, & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1900, v. p. 83. 
The habitat of the specimens labelled 7252-3 should be 
Mashonaland, Salisbury, in fungi. 
Triplax vittipennis, Gorh. 
Triplax vittipennis, Gorh. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1889, p. 614, pl. Ixi. 
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Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury, by sweeping, Nov. 1897 
and Dec. 1898 (Marshall). 
Four beautifully mounted examples of this insect are sent 
by Mr. Marshall. It was described from a specimen from 
Zinzibar. The Mashonaland examples are rather larger, two 
of them being respectively 6°5 and 7 millim. ‘The yellow 
vitta 1s sometimes paler in colour than in the type and rather 
