182 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



patch on the outer part of the apical margin ; under side pale red, 

 with the lateral parts black. Length 11-15 mm. ; width 5-6 mm. 



Hah. Natal (D'Urban?), Mozambique (Rikatla), Matabeleland. 



B. cajfer might at first sight be mistaken for B. connectus, Dej., 

 but it is not so broad ; the lateral yellowish -red patch on the elytra 

 is much longer, although of equal width, and the posterior discoidal 

 one is also more elongate. 



Brachinus armiger, Dej., 



Spec. Col., v., 1831, p. 418. 

 B.parvulus, Chaud., Bull. Mosc, 1843, iv., p. 713. 

 B. venator, Klug, Monatsb. Berl. Ac, 1853, p. 245, Peters' Eeise, 

 1862, p. 149, pi. 10, fig. 1. 



Head, prothorax, antennas, and legs reddish, sometimes reddish 

 yellow ; elytra elongated, costate with the intervals punctulate, 

 black, covered with a fine, decumbent, brief, yellowish pubescence, 

 each one with a yellowish-red marginal band reaching from the 

 shoulder to the apex, where it ascends a little along the suture and 

 also in the anterior part, a broad lateral band extending from the 

 fourth to the sixth intervals, connected for half its length with the 

 outer margin but not with the base, below the middle a discoidal 

 more or less oblong patch extending from the third to the fourth 

 intervals, and at the apex a more or less rounded spot of the same 

 colour in the outer part of the apical margin ; under side pale yellow ; 

 lateral part of the abdomen slightly infuscate. Length 6-9 mm. ; 

 width 3-4 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Kimberley, East London), Natal (Maritz- 

 burg, D'Urban, Frere), Transvaal (Potchefstroom, Pretoria, Marico). 



Bkachinus diffusus, Chaud., 

 Monogr. Brach., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 1876, p. 58. 



Shape and colouring of B. armigcr, the only difference consisting 

 in the size of the anterior dorsal band which is longer in proportion 

 to the size than in B. armiger, and reaches to about one-half of the 

 length instead of one-third ; the discoidal patch is also rather larger 

 in proportion. Length 6 mm. ; width 2|- mm. 



De Chaudoir's type is an immature insect. My examples were 

 sent to me with a lot of B. armiger. 



Hah. Natal (Maritzburg), Transvaal. 



Brachinus natalicus. 



Size and colouring of B. ariniger ; the elytra are less tomentose, 

 the anterior dorsal band reaches the base, and is produced more 

 diagonally towards the suture, and the discoidal patch is arcuated 



