320 Descrij^tive Catalogue [1896. 



Geaphipterus giganteus, ChaucL, 

 Bull. Mosc, 1870, p. 40. 



Covered with a yellow pubescence ; head broadly denuded on the 

 vertex ; the two basal joints of antennae reddish ; prothorax with a 

 broad black median band ; elytra subquadrate at the base, gi^adually 

 ampliated at the apex, where they are broader by nearly one-fourth 

 than at the base, with a broad sutural black band reaching from the 

 base to about four-fifths of the length and acuminate at the tip, and 

 on each side a short discoidal band of the same colour, disconnected 

 from the base and reaching about the median part ; this discoidal 

 band is not quite as broad as the sutural one ; legs black ; tibiae 

 reddish. Length 14-17 mm. ; width 7-9 mm. 



Hab. Bechuanaland (Vryburg), Transvaal. 



Graphipterus ancora, Dej., 

 Spec. Col., v., p. 460. 

 G. Gaclameri, Wallengr., Entom. Tidsk., vol. ii., p. 12. 



Shape, size, and colouring of G. giganteiis ; elytra equally ampli- 

 ated behind, the discoidal band identical, although a little broader, 

 sutural band equally broad, reaching as far but connected by a 

 narrow line with a transverse supra-marginal apical band, the juxta- 

 sutural part of which is broader than the rest and subtriangular ; 

 legs black. Length 15-18 mm. ; width 7-9 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Kimberley), Orange Free State (Bloemfon- 

 tein), Transvaal (Potchefstroom), Zambezia (Victoria Falls). 



Var. transitans. 



Shape, size, and colouring of G. ancora ; elytra with the sutural 

 black band equally long and broad, but coalescing on each side with 

 the median part of the discoidal band, while the supra-marginal 

 apical transverse band is reduced to a sinuate very short patch, 

 hardly reaching the median part of the disk, but is sometimes also 

 nearly as well defined as in ancora; three basal joints of antennte 

 reddish ; legs black. Length 15 mm. ; width 8 mm. 



Hah. Bechuanaland. 



The description of G. Gadameri agrees so well with the descrip- 

 tion given by Wallengren that it may be considered as identical with 

 G. ancora. 



Graphipterus Westwoodi, Br^me, 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1844, p. 291, pi. 1, fig. 6. 



Covered with a yellow-ochre pubescence ; head broadly denuded 

 on the vertex ; three basal joints of antennae reddish ; prothorax 

 with a broad black median band ; elytra broader by one-fourth at 



