64 M. L. Peringuey's Third Contribution [March 30,. 



302. M. (Ceroctis) blanda. spec. nov. 



Oblonga, nigra, flavo-pilosa ; antennis nigris, capite prothoraceque 

 dense griseo-fiavescente pilosis ; elytris coriaceis, nigris, plaga elonqata 

 prope scutellum posita fasciisque tribus transversis rufis, prima 

 humero linea margin ali connexa, in singulo ornatis. 



Long. 10, lat. 3 mm . 



Oblong, black, covered with a short, decumbent, slightly flavescent 

 hairs ; antennae black ; head and prothorax covered with long 

 flavescent silky hairs ; elytra elongated, slightly ampliated behind 

 shagreened, black with an elongated patch, round the scutellum two 

 transverse moderately broad bands the first of which is connected with 

 the shoulder by a narrow marginal band, and an arcuated apical patch 

 of a red colour nearly turning to vermillion ; underside and legs black, 

 pubescent. 



303. M. (Ceroctis) aliena. spec. nov. 



Oblonga, nigra, capite prothoraceque flavo-sericeis, antennis nigris ; 

 elytris coriaceis breviter nigro-pubescentibus, maculis dorsalibus 

 quatuor sinuatis, vitta marginali ab humero medium attingente 

 maculaque parva flavis in singulo notatis. 



Long. 10, lat. 4 mm . 



Oblong, black, with the head and prothorax covered with dense, 

 short, silky, yellowish decumbent hairs ; antennae totally black ; 

 elytra shagreened, covered with a short blackish pubescence, and 

 having on each one four sinuated dorsal patches nearer to the suture 

 than to the outer margin, on which is a narrow band extending 

 from the shoulder to about the middle, and a small patch below it ; the 

 first dorsal patch is at the base, the second one a little before the 

 middle, the third one a little past the middle, and the fourth, a round 

 one, a little above the apex. 



Examples will doubtless be found in which the dorsal patches are 

 connected with the marginal band and spot. 



The colouring and disposition of the yellow patches resemble 

 somewhat those of M. (Coryna) posihuma, there is however only one 

 sub-apical spot. 



304. M. (Ceroctis) exclamationis. Mars. 



Recorded from Cape Colony (Northern parts), Orange Free-State 

 Transvaal. 



