the African Sppc'iefi of Hedybins. 485 



yellowish hairs; flavo-testaceous^ the eyes, a small oblique 

 sti'eak on each side of the head at the extreme base, an 

 elongate, scutifoi'm patch on the disc of the prothorax (not 

 reaching the base), the scuteUum, a transverse patch on tlie 

 pygidiura, and the raetasternuui black ; the elytra each with 

 two large fusco-caeruleous spots — one basal, subtriangular, 

 reaching the scuteilum and inner margin, the other larger, 

 oblique, not reaching the suture, subapical ; the head and 

 prothorax very minutely punctulate, the elytra closely, 

 distinctly punctured. Head rather broad, narrower than 

 the prothorax; antennoe short, comparatively slender. Pro- 

 thorax strongly transverse, rounded at the sides. Elytra 

 moderately long, incompletely covering the abdomen, the 

 nigro-raaculate pygidiura thus being very conspicuous. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hab. W. Rhodesia, Kafae River (/. Drury, in Mus. Cape 

 Totvn). 



One $ , captured in 190G. Larger, broader, and more 

 robust than H. simoni, Ab., the type of which ((J) is before 

 me, the latter having an immaculate head and prothorax 

 and casruleo-bifasciate (basal and apical) elytra. The bi- 

 fasciate variety of H. deliquescens (No. 22) is also not unlike 

 the present insect. The elytral markings resemble tliose 

 of various species of Urodadylus, Thoms. { = Mixis, Ab.). 

 H. diversipennis, Pic, is a larger insect, with coarsely punc- 

 tured elytra. 



39. Hedybius simoni. 



J. Hedybius simoni, Ab. de Perrin, Eev. d'Ent. xix. pp. 164, 171 

 (1900). 



^ . Antennse moderately long, rather stout, serrate ; head 

 (PI. XIV. fig. 31) short, nearly as wide as the prothorax, with 

 a V-shaped furrow between the eyes (the central area 

 appearing triangularly raised), limited on each side pos- 

 teriorly by a transverse tumid space ; prothorax deeply, 

 transversely excavate on the disc in front, the anterior 

 margin subangularly produced and obsoletely tuberculate 

 in the middle; anterior tarsal joint 2 raised above the 

 base of 3, black at the tip. 



Hab. S. Africa, Makapan, N.E. of the Transvaal, province 

 of Zoutpansberg [E. Simon). 



The unique type of this insect has been lent me by 

 Dr. Peringuey. It is a small (length 3 mm.), testaceous 

 form, with a broad basal and apical fascia on the elytra and 

 the metasternum cferuleous, the terminal joints of the 



