130 M. L, Femnguey^s Fourth Contribution [March 30, 



yellow turning sometimes to red, and kave a broad marginal black 

 band invading the base also on each side but not coalescing below the 

 scutellum ; legs pale-yellow with the apex of tibiae and the tarsi 

 black. 



I have seen two examples from the Transvaal in which the head is 

 black with a narrow, median pale-yellow line, and the marginal black 

 band of the elytra is produced diagonally at the base. 



Allied to A. submarginatus. G-yllenh. 



Transvaal, Zululand (Eshowe). 



A. NiGsRiPENNis. Fabric. 



VAR. DORSALIS. 



Rufo-testaceus, elytris nigris, macula communi quad rata dorsali 

 rufa. 



Brick-red, shining ; head convex, grooved in the centre and with 

 two diagonal impressions between the eyes; prothorax much attenuated 

 in front, faintly grooved in the centre, very convex and deeply 

 impressed transversely above the base ; elytra regularly punctato- 

 striated, smooth, shining, with the basal and apical part of the suture, 

 the hind margin and a broad quadrate dorsal patch red ; legs reddish, 

 the tip of the 4th joint of the tarsi infuscated. 



Closely allied to A. nigripennis, var. cinctipsnnis. Jek., the 

 sutural red band of which has in dorsalis invaded the discoidal part 

 of the elytra. 



Capo Colony (Graham's Town). 



Family : LONGICORISIA, 



Tribe : CERAMBYCID^E. 

 Gen. PhYllocnEma. J. Thorns, 



P. PRETIOSA. 



Elongala, chalybeate, clypeo, mandibulis, an tennis pedib/is, tibiis 

 posticis emceptis, elytrorum apice segnicntisquc abdominis a I funis 

 castaneo-rufis, tibiis posticis utrinque valde foliaccis. 



Long. 16-17, lat. 4 rnm . 



Elongated, ckalybeate, clypeus, mandibles, antenna 3 and legs with 



