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XLVII. — Contrihutions to a Knowledge of the Entomology of 

 the Transvaal. By W. L. DISTANT. 



Since I published the enumeration of the insects I collected 

 when in the Transvaal some other collections have been 

 received belonging to different orders. The novelties I 

 propose to describe as I find opportunities to work out the 

 collections. 



COLEOPTERA. 



LONGICORNIA. 

 Lamiidse. 



Mallonia granulata, sp. n. 



Pale fuscous ; elytra with two transverse, broken, macular, 

 creamy-white fasciae not reaching the median suture, the first 

 about central and consisting of three irregularly-shaped and 

 fused spots on each elytron, beneath which are one or two 

 dots of the same colour ; the second macular fascia is near 

 the apex and consists of two small sinuated and well separated 

 spots on each elytron surrounded by a few dots of the same 

 hue J the colour round these pale spots is irregularly darker 

 and there are some slender dark discal streaks between the 

 two fasciae. The pronotum has two subobsolete greyish 

 streaks on the basal half of each lateral margin. 



The antennal tufts are well developed and dark fuscous in 

 hue; the head has a distinct central longitudinal and very 

 slender striation, on each side of which is a dark brown line j 

 the pronotum is coarsely granulate, but less strongly on the 

 anterior area, the granules being most numerous between the 

 lateral spines; the elytra are very coarsely but somewhat 

 sparsely punctate ; the frontal portion of tlie head from the 

 base of the antenna? is very coarsely punctate and the body 

 beneath more sparingly so. 



Long. 21 milHm. 



Hab. Transvaal, Pretoria. 



This species is allied to J/, alhosignata, from which it 

 differs by the distinct granulation of the pronotum and tlie 

 almost obsolete lateral greyish fascias to the same, the different 

 size and pattern of the subapical macular fascia to the 

 elytra, &c. 



