1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 307 



basal part of the third reddish ; prothorax, with the outer sides 

 crenulate, densely covered with pale yellow hairs turning to greyish 

 white on the outer sides and without any median black band ; elytra 

 elongate, nearly parallel, covered with dull yellowish hairs, with a 

 white outer margin, and having on each side close to the suture a 

 moderately broad black band, broader in the anterior part than 

 behind and reaching the apex. In the only example of that species 

 kindly given me by Mons. E. Oberthur, the yellowish background 

 has a very fine white line edging the black band, and one equally 

 narrow, but hardly distinct, dividing the subdiscoidal space above 

 the outer white margin ; abdominal segments denuded ; legs black. 

 Length 14 mm. ; width 6 mm. 



Hah. Lake N'Gami, teste Chaud. 



This description is made from G. bivittis, Chaud., and I am not 

 quite sure that this species is identical with the one described by 

 Boheman. 



Graphipterus simulator. Per., 

 Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, 1892, vol. vi., p. 11. 



Head covered with a yellow pubescence without any median 

 longitudinal denudation ; first and second joint of the antennae and 

 basal part of the third reddish ; prothorax, with the outer sides 

 crenulate, covered with deep ochre-yellow hairs in the centre, 

 turning to white on the sides, and without any median longitudinal 

 band ; elytra elongato-quadrate, covered with white hairs and 

 having on each side, close to the suture, a broad black band 

 reaching from base to apex and of equal wddth throughout, a 

 narrower, very dark, almost black, narrow line, equi-distant from 

 the black band and the outer margin, and a still narrower line of 

 lighter brown between that one and the outer margin, the back- 

 ground is thus divided into a sutural, two dorsal, and a marginal 

 yellowish- white bands ; abdominal segments hairless ; legs black. 

 Length 12 mm. ; width 5|- mm. 



Closely allied to G. bivittis, but more quadrate, the black band 

 near the suture is not at all attenuate behind, and the dorsal bands 

 are very well defined, broader, and deeper in colour. 



Hah. Ovampoland (Cunene Eiver,, Ondonga). 



Graphipterus bilineatus, Bohem., 

 Vet. Ac. Forh., 1860, p. 7. 



Covered with an ochraceous pubescence ; head denuded in the 

 centre ; antennae black, with the three basal joints red ; prothorax 

 with a narrow median black band and the outer margins white ; 



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