326 Descriijtive Catalogue [1896. 



Gbaphipterus lineolatus, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 95. 



Colour and shape of G. circumcnictus, but the black background 

 is apparently without any pubescence ; the white bands on the head 

 and sides of prothorax are alike ; the elytra, equally elongated, have, 

 besides the narrow outer margin, seven fine white lines on each side, 

 filling the striae ; legs black. Length 11|~14 mm. ; width 5-6 mm. 



Hah. Zambezia (Victoria Falls, Buluwayo, Salisbury, Middle 

 Limpopo), Ovampoland. 



The examples from Ovampoland are smaller than any received 

 from other localities. 



Var. geminatiis. 



Shape, size, and colouring of G. lineolatus, but the seven white 

 lines on the elytra, instead of being equidistant, have three sets of 

 duplicate lines set close to one another, with the intervals, of course, 

 broader between the duplicated line. 



I have seen three examples only of this A^ariety^one from Salisbury 

 (Zambezia), the other two collected by Dr. Holub during his second 

 ill-fated journey to beyond the Zambeze Eiver. 



This duplication of the w^iite lines may, after all, prove to be only 

 an accident. Length 13-14 mm. ; width 5-6 mm. 



Graphipterus naxxiscus. 



Covered with a very short light brown pubescence ; head with a 

 white band on each side ; antennas black, with the first and second 

 joints occasionally reddish ; prothorax slightly broader than the 

 head, marginated with white ; elytra much rounded in the anterior 

 angles, with the outer sides subparallel, the apical part slightly 

 broader than the basal one in the female, each one with six narrow 

 white lines and a broader marginal one ; legs black, with the tibiaB 

 reddish. Length 7-9 mm. ; width 3-4 mm. 



This species might at first be taken for a small example of G. 

 lineolatus, but not only is the size always smaller (I have seen a 

 good series of them), but the absence of the seventh white line on 

 each elytron and also the light brown pubescence seems to be con- 

 stant. 



Hah. Zambezia (Salisbiuy). 



Graphipterus lugexs, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1870, p. 303. 

 G. univittatiLS, Per., Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, 1SS5, p. 78. 



Covered with a black very short pubescence ; head with a yellow- 

 ish white band on each side ; antenniB black ; prothorax a little 



