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ate behind ; in spite of these small differences, I think that the two 

 species must be considered as one. Length 11 mm. ; width 

 5|— 5|- mm. 



Hah. Ovampoland (Ondera, Chichaubis). 



Gbaphipteeus suturiger, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1870, p. 335. 



Head covered with greyish hairs, with a faint yellowish tinge and 

 without median longitudinal denuded band ; antennae with the three 

 basal joints reddish ; prothorax without any median black longi- 

 tudinal band, outer sides serrulate ; elytra elongato-quadrate, with 

 a sutural black band gradually acuminate from the median part to 

 the apex, covered with light greyish hairs and having on each side 

 of the disk two narrow darker brown bands uniting behind, dividing 

 the background on each side in two narrow greyish-white lines and 

 a broader outer margin ; abdominal sides hairless ; legs black. 



Allied to the preceding species in shape and colouring, but 

 differentiated at once by the absence of the prothoracic median black 

 band ; the sutural band on the elytra is also much more acuminate 

 behind. Length 11^ mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hah. Lake N'Gami, teste Chaud. 



I am indebted to Mons. E. Oberthur for one of De Chaudoir's 

 examples. 



Graphipterus deceptor, Per., 

 Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, 1892, p. 9. 



Head covered with greyish hairs, sometimes slightly ochraceous 

 yellow, not denuded in the centre ; the three basal joints of antennse 

 red ; prothorax covered with more or less deep ochraceous hairs in 

 the centre, white on the sides, and without any black median band, 

 the outer margin very faintly crenulate ; elytra elongato-quadrate, 

 covered with greyish hairs, and having a broad dark brown sutural 

 band a little narrower at the apex than at the base and three narrow 

 brown lines on each side, the outer of which is hardly defined and 

 sometimes nearly obliterated, and dividing the background in four 

 bands broader than the brown ones ; abdominal sides hairless ; legs 

 black. Length 10 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hah. Ovampoland. 



Graphipterus bivittatus, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 90. 

 ?0. hivittis, Chaud., Bull. Mosc, 1870, p. 329. 



Head covered with a pale yellow pubescence without any median 

 longitudinal denudation ; first and second joints of antennae and the 



