1892.] to the South African Coleopterous Fauna. 3 



Family : CICINDELIDJE. 

 Gen. Mantichora. Fabric. 



M. Livingstoni, Casteln. 



Recorded from Lake N'Gami by De Castelnau. This species is 

 closely allied to M. latipennis, and differs from huge specimens of this 

 species by the strong and continuous serration of the outer sides of the 

 elytra of the $ ; the wing covers are alsojmore elongated and less 

 cordiform. It is difficult to decide from the description alone, 

 although a very elaborate one, if the insect called M. Livingstoni by 

 Von Harold (Coleopt. Hefte, XVI. 1879, p. 9), and coming from 

 Angola, is identical with the true species ; it is, however, very pro- 

 bable, owing to the locality. Ovampoland (Omaromba). 



The genus Mantichora will be found to consist of the following 

 described species and varieties : 



M. tuberculata. — De Greer. 



=??iaxillosa, Fabr. Syst. El. 1, p. 167. 



= gigantea, Thumb. Nov. Ins. Sp. 1, p. 25. 



=granulata, Klug. Mon. p. 420. 



Var. tibialis, Bohem. Ins. Caffr. 1, 1848. This variety differs only 

 from the true tuberculata in the colouring of the legs which are 

 reddish-brown. It is mostly met with in the Eastern Provinces of 

 the Cape Colony. 



Var. Sicheli, Thorns. Mong. p. 9, is generally smaller than tuber 

 culata and with the discoidal part of the elytra more granulated. 

 Common in Griqualand West, Cape Colony ; very local. 



M. congoensis, Pering. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1888, p. 219. 

 Size of tuberculata, but differentiated by the great declivity of the 

 postical part of the elytra. Congo ; exact locality unknown. 



M. latipennis, Waterh. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837, p. 503, &c. 

 The typical form is met with in the Orange Free State and 

 Southern Transvaal, also in Northern Natal. Examples from the 

 Limpopo and Zambeze are larger and the elytra more cordiform, approxi- 

 mating M. mygaloides of Thomson. 



— mygaloides, Thorns. Mon. p. 8 ; Archiv. Entomol. p. 323. 

 = Dregei, Casteln. Rev. Zool. 1863, p. 69. 



M. Livingstoni, Casteln. Revl Zool. 1863, p. 71. N'Gami 

 Ovampoland, Angola. 



M. Ludovici, Casteln. Rev. Zool. 1 1863, p. 70. North of Great 

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