232 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



brown patches ; suture and first interval slightly infuscate ; under 

 side and legs pale yellow. Length 7-8 mm. ; width 2 J- mm. 



Closely allied to G. angusticollis, Bohem., and mainly distinguished 

 by the infuscated thoracic bands. The tessellation of the intervals 

 of the elytra are much better defined and more complete. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Piquetberg). 



COPTOPTERA SCUTELLARIS. 



Pale yellow ; head nearly smooth, somewhat darker in the anterior 

 and posterior part than the prothorax, smooth ; prothorax nearly 

 twice as broad as long, truncate at base and apex, with the outer 

 sides straight, very slightly deplanated behind on the sides, finely 

 grooved in the centre, and nearly smooth ; elytra linear, one-third 

 broader than the prothorax, with the shoulders slightly diagonal, 

 plane, striate, with the intervals slightly raised, pale yellow like the 

 prothorax, with a short triangular black basal patch, extending 

 below the scutellum from the fourth interval to the other ; suture 

 slightly infuscate ; under side and legs pale yellow; abdomen fuscous. 

 Length 6 mm. ; width 1^ mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



COPTOPTERA TENELLA, Bohem., 



Insect. Caffr., i., 1848, p. 48. 



Very pale yellow, with the head and pygidium a little infuscate ; 

 head smooth, shining ; prothorax about one-fourth longer than 

 broad, a little broader at the apex than at the base, with the anterior 

 part of the outer margin slightly rounded, shining, slightly aciculate, 

 and with a fine groove in the centre ; elytra almost linear, with the 

 humeral angles slightly rounded, plane, slightly punctato-striate, 

 with the punctures very shallow and the intervals very narrow ; legs 

 pale yellow ; abdomen very slightly infuscate. Length 5|- mm. ; 

 width IJ mm. 



Hab. Natal (D'Urban, Frere). 



COPTOPTEEA PUNCTATO-STEIATA. 



Pale yellow, with the head, labrum, and the antennae, with the 

 exception of the four basal joints, darker ; head smooth, shining, 

 elongated behind the eyes ; prothorax one-third longer than broad, 

 hardly attenuate laterally behind, faintly plicate on each side of the 

 median groove ; elytra parallel, but with the humeral angles sloping, 

 plane, deeply punctato-striate, the alternating intervals with a series 

 of punctures ; pygidium slightly infuscate ; legs flavescent. Length 

 7 mm. ; width If mm. 



