1905.] ON SOUTH-AFRICAN COLEOPTERA. 271 



7. On now Coleoptera from South Africa collected by 

 Dr. H. Brauns and others — Serricornia, Endomychidce^ 

 Erotylidce. By H. S. Gorham, F.Z.S. 



[Received May 19, 1905.] 



This paper is a sequel to those published by me in the ' Annals 

 and Magazine of Natural History ' for 1900-1901. The material 

 dealt with is similar in character to that contained in the col- 

 lections sent to me by Mr. G. A. K. Marshall, but is without 

 Coccinellidje or Languriid^e. The publication of the paper has 

 unfortunately been much delayed, owing to domestic reasons. 



The Cleridfe are particularly well represented and indicate a 

 very rich fauna in this subfamily as well as in the Melyridse. 

 Hedyhius represents the Euroj)ean Mcdachius, and is evidently 

 (with its allied genera) as rich in species. 



Telephorid^. 



Telephorus viridescens Fab. 



Telejihorus viridescens Fab. Syst. Eleuth. i. p. 295 [Cantharis), 



Hal). Willowmore, Uitenhage, Cape Colony {Brcmns). 



In the Munich Catalogue this species is given a.s a synonym of 

 Cantharis smaragdidus Fab. Spec. Ins. p. 259, a Brazilian insect ; 

 but Fabr. loc. cit. gives " Cap bon. spei " as the locality of the 

 Cantharis viridescens, with which my specimens agree very well. 



Telephorus incisus Wied. Zool, Mag. ii, p. 71. 



Hab. Algoa Bay, Cape Colony {Brauns). 2 examples. 



Smaller than T. viridescens, with a thoracic vitta from the 

 front to the hind margin and without spots on the sides or at the 

 base ; elytra less green, of a dull grey-black. 



Telephorus zonatus Gemm. Cat. Col. p. 1674. 



Telephorus vitticollis Bohem. Ins. Caflfr. i. 2, p. 453, nee Menetr. 

 Cat. Bais. p. 162. 



Hah. Algoa Bay, Cape Colony {Brauns). 1 examjDle. 

 Described by Bohem. loc. cit. from " Limpopo " B., Caffraria. 



Telephorus bivittatus Fab. 



Nee T. bivittatus Mars. 



Hah. Algoa Bay, Cape Colony [Brauns). 1 example. 



Telephorus nigrinus Bohem. Ins. Caflfr. i. 2, p. 457 {Cantharis) ? 



Hah. Algoa Bay, Cape Colony {Brauns). 2 examples. 



In one of the two examples sent the thorax is nearly twice as 

 wide as long, in the other example (which, from the length of its 

 antennae, appears to be a male) it is quadrate. This seems to me to 

 agree with the insect described by me (Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1901, 



