114 M. L. Pevinguey* s Fourth Contribution [March 30, 



Family : HETEROCERIDtE. 

 Gen. Heterocerits. Fabr. 



H. CAPENSIS. 



Niger, pube Jlavescente teetus ; elytris maculis buatuor luteis 

 evanescentibus in singulo notatis. 



Long. 5, lat. 2 mm . 



Black, covered with a yellowish, short pubescence ; palpi and basal 

 articulations of the antennas pale-yellow ; prothorax convex, attenuated 

 anteriorly, punctured ; elytra oblong, rounded behind, deeply impressed 

 on each side at the base, convex, covered with close punctures hidden 

 by the pubescence, and each one with a small brownish red dot on the 

 shoulder, a patch in the anterior part of the disk, another one at about 

 the median dorsal part, and a fourth one below the third and produced 

 diagonally towards the lateral margin which from below the shoulder 

 to past the middle is also brownish-red ; these patches are very indis- 

 tinct, and seem to be almost wanting in several examples ; legs black 

 with the knees and apex of tibiae, and the tarsi, yellowish-red. 



Cape Colony (Neighbourhood of Cape Town). 



H. MERIDIONALIS. 



Niger, brevissime griseo pubescens, elytorum margine maculisque 

 quatuor in singulo flavis 



Long. 4, lat. lj mm . 



Black, covered with a very short, greyish pubeseence ; palpi and 

 basal joints of the antennas pale-yellow ; prothorax very convex, much 

 attenuated in front, punctulated, elytra oblong, rounded behind, 

 convex, impressed on each side at the base, very closely punctured, 

 marginated with yellow, and having on each side four patches of the 

 lame colour : the first one, short, situated at the base, alongside ths 

 scutellum, the second, a bisinuated, one, extending from the margin to 

 the centre of the disk, the third one, also strongly bi-sinuated reaehe* 

 from the margin to the dorsal part, a little past the middle, and the 

 fourth a small oblong, one is situated on the postical part ; the apical 

 part of the margin is broadly yellow ; legs black, with the tarsi yellow,. 



Approximates much in the colouring of the elytra H. parallelus. 



Kryn. 



Cape Colony (Neighbourhood of Cape Town) ; Namaqualand,. 



(Garies). 



