1398.] of the Coleoptcra of South Africa. 341 



however, reach quite the posterior margin, and is at some distance 

 from the lateral one. Length 12-14 mm. ; width 6-7 mm. 



It is G. fasciatus, Catal., p. 322, that this species resembles most; 

 but in G. distinctus the lateral anterior patch does not coalesce with 

 the base or the sutural band, and the arcuate posterior patch is also 

 disconnected from the outer and hind margin. 



Hob. Transvaal (Lebombo Mountains). 



Graphipterus curtus. 



Black, covered with a light drab-coloured pubescence turning to 

 greyish white on the outer margins; head large, denuded in the 

 centre in the posterior part ; antennae black with the three first 

 joints and the basal part of the fourth red ; tibiae red ; prothorax 

 short, cordiform, broader than the head at apex but with the apical 

 angles blunt, not denuded longitudinally in the middle ; elytra short, 

 ovate, not broader than the prothorax and not at all angular at base,, 

 gradually and roundly ampliate to about three-fourths of the length, 

 where it is narrowing a little ; it is densely covered with a drab- 

 pubescence which whitens laterally so as to form a moderately 

 broad, greyish-white margin ; under side piceous-black. Length 

 8 mm. ; width 4 mm. 



Of about the size of G. limbatellus, Catal., p. 299, and nearly 

 coloured alike ; this species differs from it by the broader and more 

 massive head and prothorax ; the elytra are more sloping laterally 

 at the humeral angle, and are therefore less rotund, and the outer 

 pubescent margin is broader and more distinct. 



Hab. Zambesia (Buluwayo, Enkeldoorn). 



Graphipterus darlingi. 



Black ; antennae totally black ; head large, covered with a greyish 

 or light-ochreous pubescence, and hardly denuded longitudinally in 

 the posterior part ; prothorax broad, attenuate laterally but with the 

 sides straight, covered with a similar pubescence as that on the head, 

 but having besides a very broad, longitudinal black pubescent band ;. 

 elytra quadrate but with the basal and apical angles a little rounded, 

 covered with a very short, moderately dense black pubescence and 

 having on each side five longitudinal light ochreous narrow bands, 

 sometimes turning to greyish white, which do not reach from the 

 base beyond three-fourths of the length, and a lateral margin of the 

 same colour merging at the apex into a nearly juxta-sutural, mode- 



