316 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



Graphipterus cursor, Per., 

 Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, 1888, p. 81. 



Covered with a yellow pubescence ; head denuded ; antennae 

 black ; prothorax with a broad triangular black median band, edges 

 of outer margins not serrulate ; elytra subovate, with a broad sutural 

 black band reaching from base to apex, and with a juxta- sutural line 

 of the same colour stopping a little short of the apex ; legs black. 

 Length 11-14 mm. ; width 5-6 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Caledon). 



Graphipterus Mouffleti, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1870, p. 307. 



Covered wdth a reddish yellow pubescence ; head denuded in the 

 centre ; antennae black, with the two basal joints slightly reddish ; 

 prothorax subcordiform, a little broader than long, much attenuated 

 behind, with a median, longitudinal, very narrow groove, outer sides 

 not serrulate, the lateral margins with a narrow pubescent white 

 line ; elytra elongated, nearly parallel with the shoulders much 

 rounded, outer sides with a narrow white band reaching from the 

 shoulder to the outer posterior angle ; legs black. Length 14 mm. ; 

 width 6 mm. 



Hah. Damaraland (Walfish Bay). 



Graphipterus velutinus, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 85. 



Covered with a yellowish grey pubescence ; head not so broad as 

 in G. Mouffleti, hardly denuded in the centre ; three basal joints of 

 antennae red ; prothorax nearly twice as broad as long, the base 

 broad with the outer angles projecting a little, outer margins slightly 

 serrulate and with a white pubescent band ; elytra elongato-quad- 

 rate, one-fifth longer than broad, subparallel, substriate, and with 

 the yellowish grey pubescence turning to light grey along the outer 

 margin ; legs black, tibiae rufescent, sometimes black. Length 14 

 mm. ; width 6 mm. 



Hah. Transvaal (Potchefstroom), Zambezia (Victoria Falls, Bulu- 

 wayo). 



Graphipterus lateralis, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 88. 



G. marginatus, Bohem., Vet. Ac. Forh., 1860, p. 8. 

 G. ferruginosits, Chaud., Bull. Mosc, 1870, p. 387. 



Covered with a reddish yellow pubescence ; head narrowly 

 denuded in the centre ; antennae with the three basal joints of 

 antennae red ; prothorax short, narrow, cordiform, with the edge of 



