46 M. L. Peringneifs Descriptive Catalogue [Xoy. 30, 



sharp spine in both sexes, and with a double series along the apical 

 margin of small punctures from which spring long setae ; mandibles 

 very long, all the joints of the palpi reddish-brown ; prothorax short, 

 setulose on the outer sides ; elytra broad, a little ampliated behind in 

 the female, finely shagreened, and with four lateral yellow patches and 

 one round postical spot on each side : the humeral patch, rounding the 

 humeral angle is nearly transverse and broader on the disk than on the 

 shoulder, the median one very broad does not reach the suture ; the post 

 median is very small and connected along the outer margin by a very 

 narrow line with the median one ; the marginal apical patch is very 

 much thickened at the tip, and reaches the suture, the round spot is 

 situated on the disk, between the post median lateral patch and the 

 suture ; underside clothed laterally with dense white hairs. 



Length, 16-17; width, 6|-7™-™- 



Like the preceding one this species has a wide range. It is recorded 

 from Nubia and Senegal. My South-African examples have been 

 captured on the Zambeze Eiver, at the junction with the Shire, and at 

 Delagoa Bay (Eikatla). 



SECTION e. 



Each, elytron with a humeral slanting line, a marginal band 

 reaching from below the humeral line to the posterior third part 

 and sending a short-dented ramus, an apical marginal band 

 connected at the tip with a small supra postical spot, and two 

 discoidal dots, the anterior one with a transparent space under- 

 neath, mclancholica. 



Each elytron with a moderately broad humeral slanting line, 

 and a marginal band reaching the apex, and emitting a short 

 median ramus, a round supra postical patch and a short apical 

 line, also two discoidal dots. jucunda. 



Each elytron with a humeral slanting line, an arcuated 

 ' median patch disconnected from the outer margin, an apical 

 marginal band, and three disconnected discoidal dots. Dregei, 



Each elytron with a humeral dot, four discoidal ones and a 

 narrow apical marginal band. disjuncta. 



