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sinuatim nigris, his rugoso reticulatis, quadricostatis, costa 



humerali parum elevata, lateribus parum reflexis. 

 Long. 5-6 lin., lat. 4 lin. 



Subpyriform in outline, black ; antennas rather stout and 

 with the articles rather short. The thorax is rounded in front, 

 with a black longitudinal band (widest behind) up the middle; 

 the scutellum black. The elytra flat, except at the shoulders ; 

 the scutellar region black ; the shoulders slightly raised into a 

 narrow sharp ridge, up to which the black conies, but does not 

 touch it ; there is a broad black band along the apex and pos- 

 terior half of the elytra ; the margins are sharply reflexed ; 

 there are four costse, which are most pronounced at the base, 

 almost disappearing at the apex. Abdomen black, with the 

 sides broadly yellow. The pyriform outline, the thorax 

 nearly rounded in front, the elytra flat, the scutellar space 

 black, and the margins of the elytra reflexed are the most im- 

 portant characters of this species. 



I have received specimens of this from the Cape, under the 

 name of L. rostratus, Fab. If, however, the Lycus rostratus 

 of Fabricius is the same as the Lycus rostratus of Linnaeus 

 (which I presume it is), then my specimens have been incor- 

 rectly named; for they are certainly distinct from the figure 

 and description of L. rostratus of Linneeus {Lam'pyris rostrata 

 Linnaii) given by Wulfen, in 1786, in his '■ Descriptiones 

 quorumdam Capensium Lisectorum,' of which fig. 16 is a copy. 

 The truth seems to be that the name has been bandied about, 

 by the earlier authors, among any of the African species which 

 had the scutellar region black. There are not many of them. 

 Schonherr supposes dentijpes to be the female of it, in which I 

 do not agree. The texture is different, that of dentipes being- 

 somewhat shining, that of the present species dull and pubes- 

 cent. 



10. Lycus ustus. PI. IX. fig. 17. 



Niger, thorace lateribus et elytris, exceptis regione scutellari 



et marginibus exterioribus posticis, flavis. 

 Long. 6 lin., lat. 3 lin. i 



Rather narrow, black below, above orange-yellow, with a 

 broad stripe down the middle of the thorax, the scutellum, 

 the scutellar region, and the exterior margin of the posterior 

 half of the elytra black ; not so peaked behind as L, sinuatus, 

 nor so pubescent. 



Not unlike L. pyriformis ) but, besides difl'ering in shape 

 and colouring, the elytra are not so flat, and have not the 

 margins reflexed. 



One specimen ; probably a female. 

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