464 Descriptive Catalogue [1896, 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch). 



I have seen examples of this species almost totally light testaceous, 

 or with a faint iridescent black tinge. They are probably immature 

 specimens. 



ACUPALPUS EGENUS. 



Shape of the preceding species, but a little more robust, totally 

 black, slightly iridescent, suture of elytra and edge of the outer 

 margin reddish ; palpi, labrum, the two basal joints of antennae and 

 legs rufescent, intermediate joints of antennae fuscous. Length 

 3^-4 mm. ; width l|—lf . 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Grahamstown). 



AcUPALPUS INSIDIOSUS. 



Head, prothorax, and elytra black, shining, the latter with a 

 marginal very narrow red band ; palpi and legs rufescent ; tibiae 

 and intermediate joints of antennae infuscate ; under side piceous. 



So closely allied to the European species A. luridus that it is- 

 extremely difficult to know the one from the other. Length 4 mm. ; 

 width 1-| mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



AcuPALPUs PALLiDUS, Bohem., 

 Stenolo])hus imllidus, Insect. Caffr., i., p. 219. 



Pale yellow with the head and prothorax a little darker, inter- 

 mediate joints of the antennae slightly fuscous ; posterior angles 

 of the prothorax more acute than in any of the preceding species ; 

 intervals of elytra slightly convex. Length 4 mm. ; width 1^ mm. 



Hah. Mozambique (Rikatla). 



AcUPALPUS UMBEIPENNIS. 



Ferruginous red, palpi, the two basal joints of antennae and the 

 legs flavescent, the intermediate joints of the antennae light ferru- 

 ginous, base of prothorax and elytra iridescent. Length 4 mm. ; 

 width If mm. 



Shape of A. pallidtcs but darker, and iridescent on the elytra; 

 the posterior angles of the prothorax are rounded instead of being 

 acute. 



Hah. Zambezia (Salisbury). 



AcUPALPUS TERMINALIS. 



Piceous black, iridescent on the upper part, prothorax piceous 

 red with a narrow, light brown outer margin, legs, palpi, and the 

 three basal joints of the antennae flavescent, the other joints slightly 



