172 Beetles of the Cicindela brevicollis group 
The sub-species or race fasciculicornis has a very extended range of 
distribution in the 8. African sub-regions. It inhabits all the well 
vegetated uplands and valleys east of the Drakensberg, probably the 
North-east mountainous portion of the Orange Free State ; the whole 
of the Transvaal; the outskirts of Bechuanaland, north of the Vaal 
River; the eastern portion of Rhodesia, at least as far west as 
Bulawayo, and the coastal belts of Natal and Zululand, up to and 
perhaps beyond Delagoa Bay. Throughout this large area it shows 
only a moderate variation in the width of the dorsal bands and rami 
of the pattern, which is analogous in every detail with that of 
brevicollis-clathrata. It is worth noting that some examples from 
Delagoa Bay, which is the nearest point to the range of typical 
bertolonii, show the widest clathrata-like pattern of markings. 
In habits it differs from brevicollis-clathrata, which is purely a 
riverain species, in that its haunts are spread widely over the open 
veldt and hillsides as well as the valleys. In the coastal areas of the 
whole of Natal and at least as far north as Delagoa Bay, it is frequently 
met with in association with intermedia ; in the uplands of Natal and 
Transvaal with neglecta and in some riverain spots also with intermedia. 
As I have said above, I cannot presume to attempt a revision of all 
the forms of this difficult pattern group, for I have no acquaintance 
with many of the closely related exotic forms, such as C. discoidea. 
Dej. from North Africa, C. abbreviata, Klug. from Madagascar and 
C. catena, F. from India, so I must limit myself to some further 
suggestions and remarks on the South African types of the various 
forms. I have under review a very large mass of material, loaned to 
me through the courtesy of the directors or curators of our South 
African museums and other correspondents, and the annexed Table of 
Distribution shows that they represent the forms of the group over a 
very comprehensive area of the South African sub-region. Unfortun- 
ately, I have been unable to obtain the extreme types of neglecta, De}. 
and its variety (teste Horn) damara Per. The figure of the latter, on 
Plate I of the author’s ‘‘ Descriptive Catalogue of the Coleoptera of S. 
Africa,” represents a short broad figure with the general facies of C. 
candida, Dej., near to which it is placed by Dr. Peringuey, but the 
description contraverts this by the following—‘ Elytra elongated 
nearly plane on the upper part.” The figure represents a female, 
which is always more transverse than the male. No mention is made 
of the supra-orbital striz being strongly defined, which is an important 
feature in neglecta and vivida. The type of neglecta, Dej., recorded 
by Dr. Walther Horn from Sandwich harbour, is probably a broader 
banded form than those with which I am familiar, from the uplands 
