1896.] of the Coleoptcra of South Africa. 305 



having on each side above the apex a denuded, very obhque band ; 

 legs black. Length 18 mm. 



This species is a remarkable one on account of the ampliation of 

 the elytra which have only a black, denuded, oblique band placed 

 slightly above the apical margin ; the prothorax is moderately small, 

 v^ith the anterior angles aculeate, the posterior ones are truncate, 

 and the base sinuate. 



Hab. Great Namaqualand. 



Geaphipterus cinctus, Chaud., 

 Coleopt. Novitat., vol. i., 1883, p. 25. 



Head covered with ochre-yellow hairs and having a narrow, 

 denuded longitudinal line in the centre, the three basal joints of 

 antennae red ; prothorax with the outer margins closely serrated, 

 covered with ochre-yellow hairs turning to pale yellow on the outer 

 margins and with a narrow black median line ; elytra elongato- 

 quadrate, hardly ampliated laterally, faintly striate, covered with pale 

 yellow hairs, and having a broad sutural black band narrower at 

 the apex than at the base, and a broad discoidal, more or less deep- 

 cinnamon band as broad as the suture, dividing the background into 

 a narrow line near the suture, and a marginal one nearly as broad 

 as the cinnamon band ; lateral sides of the sternum with white hairs ; 

 abdominal sides hairless ; legs black. Length 11 mm. ; width 6 mm. 



Hab. Bechuanaland (Moropeng), Kuruman, teste Chaud. 



Graphipteeus oenatus. Per., 

 Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, vol. vi., 1892, p. 8. 

 G. vicinus, P^r., loc. cit. p. 9. 



Head covered with ochre-yellow hairs and having a narrow, 

 denuded, longitudinal band in the centre ; the three basal joints of 

 antennae red, the third one sometimes infuscate at the tip ; prothorax 

 with the outer margins serrated, covered with deep ochre-yellow hairs 

 turning to whitish on the outer sides and with a broad black longi- 

 tudinal median band ; elytra elongato-quadrate, covered with whitish 

 grey hairs and having a broad sutural black band narrower at the 

 apex than at the base, and on each side a narrow discoidal cinnamon 

 band and a subdiscoidal dark brown one equally broad, uniting at 

 the apex and dividing the background in two alternate narrow 

 white lines and a broader outer margin ; abdominal sides hairless ; 

 legs black. 



The only difference between G. ornatus and G. vicinus consists in 

 the two discoidal bands on each side of the elytron, both of which 

 are cinnamon colour instead of cinnamon and black ; these two 

 bands are also slightly broader, and the sutural band hardly attenu- 



