312 Deicriptiv3 Catalogue [1896. 



Geaphipterus assimilis. 



Head with a greyish pubescence, but broadly denuded in the 

 centre ; the three basal joints of antennas red ; prothorax short, the 

 outer margins serrulated, covered with a deep yellow pubescence turn- 

 ing to greyish white on the outer margins ; elytra elongato-quadrate, 

 with the shoulders and posterior angles very slightly rounded, covered 

 with a deep yellow pubescence, and having a narrow whitish outer 

 margin and four longitudinal narrow white lines on each side of the 

 disk ; the first one near the suture is very narrow, and occupies the 

 centre of the space between the suture and the second one, and both 

 "reach the apex ; the third and fourth reach from the base to four- 

 idfths of the length, and the fourth one is situated very close to 

 the white outer margin ; under side and legs black. 



This species might be mistaken, from the description, for G. 

 lineelus, to which it is closely allied ; the prothorax in G. assimilis is 

 wider and the elytra proportionately less broad and a little more 

 elongated ; the pubescence is deep yellow instead of brownish grey, 

 and the two first whitish dorsal lines are nearer to the suture ; the 

 legs are also quite black instead of having red tibiae. Length 12 

 mm. ; width 5^ mm. 



Hab. Orange Free State (Hoopstad). 



Graphipterus suspectus. 



Head covered with an ochraceous pubescence, slightly denuded in 

 the interior part ; the three basal joints of the antennae red ; prothorax 

 short, serrulated laterally, covered with a yellow pubescence turn- 

 ing to chocolate colour in the centre and to greyish outwardly ; el^iira 

 nearly quadrate, covered with a pale yellow pubescence, the suture 

 with a broad chocolate-brown band of equal width reaching from 

 base to apex, and on each side a median one narrowed at both ends, 

 a little shorter than the sutural, and having in the centre a narrow 

 slit filled with the pale yellow pubescence of the background ; under 

 side and legs black. Length 11 mm. ; width 5^ mm. 



In shape, size, and disposition of the brown bands on the elytra 

 this species might be taken for G. quadmiii, but the prothorax has 

 no black median band, nor is the head denuded in the posterior 

 part ; the dorsal bands are chocolate-brown instead of black, and the 

 discoidal one is spindle-shape instead of being of equal width as in 

 quadrum. 



Hab. Orange Free' State (Hoopstad). 



Graphipterus quadrum, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1870, p. 335. 



Head with an ochraceous pubescence, denuded in the centre ; the 

 three basal joints of antennae reddish ; prothorax covered with a deep 



