476 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



26. Hedybius superciliosus. 



cJ. Hedybius superciliosus, Boh. Ins. Cafiraria, i. p. 4G6 (1851) ^ 

 Hedyhius anceps, Gorh. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) v. p. 81 ( (5" 9 ) 



(Jan. 1900) \ 

 Hedybius prfenotatus, Ab. de Perrin, Rev. d'Ent. xix, pp. 164, 173 



( S ) (Oct. 1900) \ 

 ? Hedybius pygidialis, Pic, L'Echange, xxvii. p. 157 ( $) (1911) *. 



^ . Antenuffi very elongate, as long as or longer than the 

 body, tapering towards the apex, testaceous, joint 4 with a 

 shining black area beneath (noticed by Boheman and not 

 mentioned by Gorham), 11 black at the tip above; head 

 (PL XIV. fig. 25) very broad, the interocular excavation 

 extremely deep, fasciculate in the centre in front, black 

 within, the vertical, anteriorly-ciliate, juxta-ocular promi- 

 nences testaceous, thickened and very conspicuous ; prothorax 

 usually immaculate, rarely with two very small black spots 

 on the disc ; elytra blue or bluish-green, densely punctate ; 

 abdomen (pygidium included) and legs testaceous ; anterior 

 tarsal joint 3 extended over the base of 3, nigro-pectinate 

 at tip. 



$ . Antennae short, rather slender, slightly inf uscate in 

 their outer half; head black in more than the basal half; 

 pygidium nigro-maculate. 



Hab. S. Africa, River Limpopo^, Vryburg in Bechuana- 

 land ^, Estcourt, Malvern, Frere, and Durban, Natal, Trans- 

 vaal ■*. 



Numerous examples of each sex are before me, the males 

 showing the shining black area beneath the fourth antennal 

 joint noted by Boheman. The type (?) of //. pranotatus , 

 Ab., lent me by Dr. Peringuey, agrees exactly with the 

 same sex of //. anceps, Gorh. ; tlie " spots " near the anterior 

 margin of the prothorax in the former are due to portions 

 of the base of the head showing through the transparent 

 chitin of the pronotum, the true spots, which are rarely 

 present in either sex, arising from the convex disc. A ^ 

 from Natal in the Cape Town Museum is marked as having 

 been compared with Boheraan's type. 



27. Hedybius erosus. 



Hedybius erosus, Er. Eutomographien, p. 93 ( c? ) (1840) ^ 



Hedybius sycophanta, Ab. de Perrin, Rev. d'Eut. xix. pp. 164, 172 ( $ ) 



P Var. Hedybius multimaculatus, Pic, Melanges exot.-eutom. xxv. p. 2 

 ($)(19i7)\ 



$ . Antennae very long, tapering outwards, moderately 

 serrate, testaceous, joint 1 streaked with black above, 3 and 



