188 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



Gen. CREPIDOGASTEE, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., 1843, p. 68. 



Mentum without any median tooth and with the lateral lobes much 

 developed ; ligula short, broad, truncate at the tip ; paraglossae a 

 little longer than the ligula ; palpi short and very thick, the ultimate 

 one of the maxillary obliquely truncate, that of the labial much in- 

 flated and broadly securiform ; antennae thick, the joints closely set, 

 the third one as long as the basal one ; head ovate ; prothorax cordi- 

 form, shagreened; elytra short, with or without costae, and obliquely 

 truncate from the suture to the outer posterior angle ; legs massive. 



Hab. This genus is represented in the Zanzibar mainland by one 

 species. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Elytra with an apical yellowish red patch on each side. 



A broad apical patch on each side insignis. 



A basal band, and an apical patch on each side bimaculatus. 



A narrow scutellary yellow band, and an apical patch on each 

 side scutellaris. 



A dorsal black patch on the posterior part infuscatus. 



A discoidal fuscous patch, and a round apical yellowish patch 

 on each side fusco-plagosus. 



A basal narrow triangular patch, with part of the suture 

 yellowish, and a round apical spot on each side consobrinus. 



A faint round apical yellowish spot on each side nonstriatus. 



Elytra without any yellowish red patches. 



Elytra very short, subovate, black, non-striatfe ovicoUis. 



Brown, with a black basal band imsillus. 



Brown, without any black band damarensis. 



Elytra elongated, subcostate or costate Natalensis. 



Elytra ovate, shagreened, distinctly costate ; head, prothorax, 

 and elytra black natalicus. 



Elytra black, slightly striated caffer. 



Elytra black ; costse equal picipennis. 



Elytra pale brown ; costse equal montanus. 



Elytra pale yellow ; three costate on each side pallidus. 



Elytra pale brown ; five costse on each side, the alternate ones 

 higher than the others costatus. 



Elytra dark brown, with the suture and outer margins red- 

 dish ; six costse on each side, the outer one very much raised . . rufescens. 



Elytra yellowish red, with a broad postical black patch ex- 

 tending from one side to the other ; six costse on each side, 

 with the outer one more raised than the others posticalis. 



Crepidogaster insignis, Per., 

 Plate VII., fig. 5. 



Head, prothorax, palpi, antennae, and legs brick-red ; elytra 

 elongated, ampliated behind, finely shagreened, costate, the costae 

 narrow and sharp, very briefly pubescent, black or deeply infuscate^ 



