1896.] of the Coleojjtera of South Africa. 281 



transverse basal black band is broader, and so is the supra-apical 

 one ; the body underneath is black. 



Boheman in his description, loc. cit., assumes that the colour of 

 the elytra is black with yellow patches, instead of yellow with 

 transverse black patches, as I do, and he thus describes the difference 

 between C. notata and equestris as follows : The yellow macula on 

 each side of the anterior part is smaller, further removed from the 

 base and outer margin, and the posterior fascia is also narrower. 



Hab. Caffraria (interior). 



COPTODERA AMCENULA, Bohem., 



Insect. Caffr., i., p. 60. 



Head and prothorax, palpi and antennae red ; head subpunctu- 

 lated ; prothorax short, nearly twice as broad as long ; elytra broader 

 than the prothorax, rectangular,' narrowly punctato- striate, with the 

 intervals convex, the third one from the suture with two somewhat 

 indistinct broad punctures, one above the median part the other 

 above the apex, pale yellow with three transverse black bands as in 

 C. notata, the basal band is broader, the black line connecting the 

 median patch with the basal one along the outer margin is broader, 

 and the apical one is broader, strongly biemarginate on each side 

 and reaches the apical margin ; under side deeply infuscated ; legs 

 pale yellow. Length 6 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hah. Caffraria. 



COPTODERA FASCIATA, Bohem., 



Insect. Caffr., i., p. 61. 



Head, prothorax, and elytra black, with a slightly greenish tinge;, 

 antennae and legs fiavescent, the tibiae slightly infuscate ; head 

 deeply aciculate as far as the neck ; prothorax of the same shape as 

 C. notata, but a little more angular laterally near the middle, and 

 also more sinuate above the basal angle, outer margin broadly 

 fiavescent ; elytra elongate, a little ampliate past the median part, 

 punctato-striate with the intervals convex but not carinate, glabrous, 

 and with two bisinuate yellowish fasciae on each elytron ; the anterior 

 one is sometimes entirely wanting, or is reduced to a mere dot, but 

 when not obliterated it reaches from the second to the eighth stria, 

 and is longer on the third and fourth intervals The posterior one 

 is strongly bisinuate, reaches from margin to margin, and is produced 

 along the suture to a short distance from the apex ; under side 

 infuscate. Length 6-7^ mm. ; width 3-3 J mm. 



Hah. Natal (D'Urban). 



Easily distinguished from C. notata by the less parallel elytra, the 

 punctures of the striae which are not so deep, and the intervals 

 which are convex, not carinate. 



