ENTOMOL OGY. 379 



$ . Differs from the male in having the antennae only slightly longer 

 than the body. Length, 24-25 mm. 



From Tati ; also in Captain G. E. Shelley's collection from the 

 neighbourhood of Potchefstroom in the Transvaal. 



This beautiful species appears to be allied to Tapinolachmts 

 Gyllenhalii, Fahraeus (Ofvers Vet. Akad. Forh., xxix. (1), p. 52, 1872), 

 but may be distinguished by the absence of a central thoracic groove 

 and the form of the elytral fasciae, etc. A. Sidney Olliff. 



*io5- Tapinolachnus, near T. FURVUS, Fahraeus, Ofvers Vet. Akad. 

 Forh., xxix. (1), p. 52 (1872). 

 A single female example only. 



*io6. Tapinolachnus aquilus, Olliff, n. sp. (Plate VIII., fig. 8.) 



■ Elongate, somewhat depressed, pitchy black, densely clothed with 

 dirty golden yellow pubescence ; prothorax strongly rugose trans- 

 versely, with a longitudinal impression on each side of the middle 

 near the base ; elytra with two sub-denuded fascise, similar in posi- 

 tion to those of the preceding species. 



£. The head rather densely pubescent, finely rugulose at the 

 base, with a longitudinal impression between the eyes ; prothorax 

 constricted in front, rather strongly and irregularly rugose trans- 

 versely, with a very slight longitudinal impression in front and a much 

 stronger longitudinal impression near the base on each side of the 

 middle ; sides irregular, unarmed ; scutellum extremely finely 

 punctured ; elytra about twice as long as the head and prothorax 

 together, slightly narrowed behind, extremely finely punctured, with a 

 broad fascia at the basal fourth, and another behind the middle ; 

 sides rounded behind ; the apex truncate, the outer angle slightly 

 produced, the inner forming a moderately strong spine ; under side 

 coloured as above, less densely pubescent ; legs pitchy, clothed 

 with dirty golden yellow pubescence, which inclines to bright yellow 

 near the apex of the anterior tibiae and on the under sides of the 

 tarsi. Length, 26 mm. 



9 . Differs from the male in having the antennae only slightly 

 longer than the body, and the longitudinal impressions on the pro- 

 thorax less distinct. Length, 25 mm. 



No exact locality noted. 



In form this species appears to approach Tapinolachnus Natalensis, 

 White (Cat. Longic. Col. Brit. Mus., i. p. 128), but differs not only 

 in its much smaller size and the position of the sub-denuded elytral 

 fasciae, but also in the structure of the thoracic depressions, as will 

 readily be seen upon reference to the figure. A. Sidney Olliff. 



Genus Phyllocnema, J. Thomson. 



107. Phyllocnema latipes, De Geer, Mem. Ins., vii. p. 655, pi. 49, 

 f. 3 ; Fahraeus, Ofvers Vet. Akad. Forh., xxix. (1), p. 58 (1872). 



