176 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Griqualand East), Natal (Maritzburg), Trans- 

 yaal (Eustenburg). 



The median discoidal patch varies in width, being at times very 

 narrow, 



Var. P. fraudiger. 



Size and colouring of P. Boliemani ; the head has a conspicuous 

 black patch on the vertex ; the prothorax is also edged with black ; 

 the elytra have a very small basal yellowish patch near the shoulders, 

 no median discoidal patch, and the yellow apical margin is hardly 

 noticeable. Length 17 mm. ; width 7 mm. 



Hah. D'Urban (Frere). 



Pheropsophus Planti, Chaud. 

 Monogr. Brach., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 1876, p. 22. 



Colouring of P. Boliemani, and in size a little broader ; prothorax 

 without any black margin ; elytra of the same shape, but the basal 

 yellow patch is much smaller ; instead of a discoidal patch, there are 

 two very small yellowish dots on the sixth and eighth costse, and the 

 apex is narrowly edged with pale yellow. Length 12-13-|- mm. 



This variety seems to be subject to great variation. In De 

 Chaudoir's collection there is an example of P. Planti in which the 

 basal patch and the discoidal dots are entirely absent. 



Hah. Mozambique (Delagoa Bay, teste Chaud.), Transvaal 

 (Eustenburg) . 



Pheropsophus angolensis, Erichs., 

 Wiegm., Arch., 1843, i., p. 212. 



Head, prothorax, and legs light red ; elytra elongated, very little 

 ampliated past the middle, black, shining, with the costae, raised, and 

 having each a small yellow supra-humeral patch, a moderately 

 broad slightly sinuated discoidal patch reaching from the third costa 

 to the interval next to the outer margin, and a narrow apical margin 

 of the same colour invading the tip of the costae ; under side pale 

 yellow abdomen black. Length 12-16 mm. ; width 5-7 mm. 



Hah. Damaraland (River Svakop, and southern part of Damara- 

 land) Angola, teste Erichson. 



Pheropsophus capensis, Chaud., 

 , Monogr. Brach., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 1876, p. 25. 



Head, prothorax, and legs light red ; elytra elongated, very 

 narrow, the outer sideg nearly parallel, black, shining, with the 

 costae raised, and having on each side a yellow outer margin reaching 

 from the shoulder to the apex of the suture, a supra-humeral patch 



