1896.] of the Coleojjtera of South Africa. 311 



Graphipterus tibialis, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1870, p. 330. 

 G. IcBtics, Per., Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, 1892, p. 11. 



Head and prothorax covered with a yellowish, slightly ochraceous 

 pubescence without any median denudation or black band ; the three 

 basal joints of antennae red; the sides of the prothorax with a whitish- 

 grey pubescence, the outer margins slightly serrulate ; elytra elon- 

 gato-quadrate, with the shoulders and posterior outer angles slightly 

 rounded, covered with a greyish pubescence, slightly more whitish 

 on the outer margin, and having on each side four brown, more or 

 less denuded brown bands, the three inner ones much broader than 

 the supra-marginal one and dividing the background into a sutural 

 greyish band, three narrow dorsal and a broad marginal one ; legs 

 black, tibiae reddish. Length 11 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hab. Ovampoland, Mozambique (Eikatla), Zambezia (Salisbury). 



Graphiptekus insidiosus. 



Black with a pale ochraceous pubescence ; head with a narrow, 

 longitudinal denuded band ; the two basal joints of antennae reddish ; 

 the other joints and the legs black ; prothorax short, nearly twice as 

 broad as long ; anterior angles not sharp, densely pubescent ; elytra 

 nearly as broad as long, and rounded laterally at the shoulder and 

 the posterior angle, roughly and closely punctured, and having on 

 each side three ochraceous pubescent lines equally distant from one 

 another and reaching from base to apex ; the outer margin is broadly 

 pubescent, the band being moderately broad ; under side piceous. 



This species is allied to G. tibialis, Chaud., but is at once dis- 

 tinguished by the absence of ochraceous pubescence on the suture, 

 the three dorsal lines on each side are also more slender, and the 

 prothorax is broader. Length 12^ mm. ; width 6 mm. 



Hab. Mozambique (Lebombo). 



Graphipterus lineelus. 



Head with a yellowish pubescence and narrowly denuded in the 

 centre; three first joints of antennae and basal part of the fourth 

 reddish ; prothorax with a ferruginous pubescence turning to white 

 on the outer sides, which are very slightly serrulate ; elytra one-third 

 longer than broad, with the shoulders hardly sloping, covered with a 

 brownish grey pubescence with a broad greyish outer margin, and 

 on each side four narrow whitish lines, the first and second equally 

 distant from one another, the other two very near each other and 

 close to the outer margin ; legs black, tibiae red. Length 11 mm. ; 

 width 5 mm. 



Hab. Zambezia (Salisbury). 



