1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 177 



and a discoidal lacerated patch of the same colour extending from 

 the third costa to close to the outer margin, but not connected with 

 it ; under side pale yellow, abdomen black. Length 15 mm. ; width 

 5^ mm. 



Hab. N'Gamiland. 



Var. IcBtus, P^r. 



P. IcBtus, P6r., Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, 1888, p. 73. 



Shape and colouring of capeyisis, but smaller ; the discoidal 

 lacerated patch on each elytron is reduced to four dots situated in 

 the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh intervals, without invading the 

 intermediate costse. Length 12 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hah. D am ar aland. 



Pheropsophus transvaalensis, n. sp. 



Head, prothorax, and legs pale yellow ; prothorax very little 

 ampliated in the anterior part ; elytra elongated, one-third broader 

 at the apex than at the base, black, with the scutellum yellow and 

 having on each side a yellow marginal band reaching from the 

 humeral angle to the suture and ascending each costa to about one- 

 fifth of the length, a small supra-humeral patch, and a broad 

 discoidal one reaching from the third costa to the outer margin, with 

 which it is connected ; this discoidal patch is twice as broad on 

 the fourth, fifth, and sixth costye than on the third, seventh, and 

 eighth, and distinctly punctulated ; under side pale yellow ; ab- 

 domen black, with the centre yellowish. Length 15 mm. ; width 

 6 mm. 



Hah, Transvaal (Marico). 



Pheropsophus mashunus, n. sp. 



Head, prothorax, and legs very light red or yellowish ; elytra 

 hardly broader than the prothorax at the base, gradually ampliated 

 behind, where they are nearly twice as broad at the apex than at 

 the base, broadly striate, with the costae very narrow and much 

 raised, black, and having on each side, in the median part of the 

 disk, a subquadrate slanting yellow patch extending from the 

 fourth to the eighth costae ; pectus pale yellow ; abdomen infuscate. 

 Length 16 mm. ; width 6^ mm. 



In shape this species resembles P. nigriventris, Chaud. ; but the 

 colouring of the elytra is different, and the costae are much more 

 narrow, and stand more in relief than in the other South African 

 species. 



Hah. Zambezia (Salisbury). 



