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M, L. Peringueifs Descriptive Catalogue [Nov. 30, 

 SECTION D. 



The two spots along the suture, on each side, quite discon- 

 nected, no marginal band : vivida. 



The two spots very elongated and coalescing, the humeral and 

 median ramus connected by a narrow marginal line : hrevicollis. 



The two spots are very much elongated and coalesce, forming 

 a band near the suture, the dorsal rami are connected by a broad 

 marginal band : clathrata. 



The two spots along the suture, round, small, far from one 

 another, the dorsal rami blunt, and rich golden yellow : pudica. 



Same, but with a marginal band connecting the dorsal rami : liypocrita. 



A triangular patch past the median part of each elytron and 

 an apical one, no marginal band : rusticana. 



C. VIVIDA. Bohem. 



Insect. Caffr. 1, 1848, p. 9. 



Elongated ; head and prothorax bronzy, moderately shining, elytra 

 very dark, opaque ; labrum elongated, convex, strongly tri-dentate at 

 the apex, yellowish, and with two setigerous punctures on each side of 

 the median tooth, and one in the anterior angle, head and prothorax 

 with short, decumbent white hairs ; elytra elongated with the shoulders 

 slightly rounded, not ampliated in the middle in the female, somewhat 

 although slightly convex, faintly punctured, each elytron with a comma 

 shaped yellowish patch in the centre of the base, two more, one below 

 the other, along the suture, a humeral curved ramus, a median one also 

 curved and produced backwards in an arcuated band, the tip of which 

 is much thickened and reaches the suture, and an apical much curved 

 marginal band with both ends thickened ; underside greenish-blue, 

 thickly clothed with light hairs laterally. 



1 m.m. 



Length, 12 ; width, 4| 



, This species is so closely allied to G. catena Fabric, from India, and 

 G. albreviata, King, from Madagascar, that I hesitate in considering it 

 as distinct from the former and older species. 



Delagoa Bay (Rikatla). 



