466 Descriptue Catalogue [1896. 



to the sixth stria, suture with a narrow yellow line ; under side 

 infuscate. Length 4-4|- mm. ; width 2 mm. 

 Hah. Ovampoland. 



ACUPALPUS PLAGIFER, Klug, 



Monatsb. Berl. Acad., 1853, p. 249; Peters' Eeise n. Mossamb., 



1862, p. 174, pi. 10, fig. 8. 



Very closely allied to the preceding species, judging by the figure 

 given, loc. cit., and may prove to be identical with it ; the sutural 

 yellow line is replaced by a broad band, and the discoidal bands on 

 the elytra appear to be wider. Length 4 mm. ; width 2 mm. 



Hah. Mozambique (Tette), teste Klug. 



AcUPALPUS VITTIGER, Klug, 



Monatsb. Berl. Acad., 1853, p. 249 ; Peters' Reise n. Mossamb., 



1862, p. 173, pi. 10, fig. 9. 



Shape and size of the preceding species ; prothorax red ; head and 

 elytra black, the latter with a light testaceous suture, and on each 

 side a discoidal longitudinal band which has invaded the whole of 

 the base from side to side, but narrows considerably towards the 

 apex. Length 4 mm. ; width If mm. 



Hah. Mozambique (Tette), teste Klug. 



AcUPALPUS TESSELLATUS, P&\, 



Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, vol. vi., 1892, p. 22. 



Head reddish brown, smooth ; palpi, labrum, antennge, and legs 

 iiavescent ; prothorax very slightly impressed laterally behind, and 

 with the base broadly punctured from side to side, infuscate or 

 slightly reddish brown in the middle ; elytra oblong, each one mth 

 a broad diagonal yellowish band beginning at the shoulder and a 

 sinuate posterior patch connected with the humeral band by one, 

 or sometimes two narrow straight black lines, outer margin with a 

 very broad black band. Length 4f-5 mm. ; width 2f-3 mm. 



Hah. Ovampoland, Zambezia (Upper Limpopo). 



Gen. AMBLYSTOMUS, Erichs., 



Kaf. d. Mark Brand, i., 1837, p. 59. 



HisPALis, Ramb. 



Mentum short, semicircularly emarginate, without any median 

 tooth ; ligula very narrow, much shorter than the paraglossae, which 

 are considerably broader, either lobate or subtriangular, and seem- 

 ingly united above the ligula ; last joint of maxillary and labial palpi 

 fusiform, acuminate ; mandibles short, hidden by the labrum ; eyes 



