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one below the middle at the lateral margins, lastly an angulate 

 mark in shape of a a is situated near the apex of each elytron ; below 

 black, finely pubescent, the legs fulvous, the tarsi obscure fuscous, 

 rather slender. 



Hal. Ca^pe Colony, Dunbrody (Rev. O'Ncil). 



This species almost exactly agrees in the elytral markings 

 with G.pidurata, but differs quite in the sculpturing of the 

 head, in the additional markings of the elytra, their less 

 regularly punctured surface, in the colour of the legs and in 

 the general larger size. I received a single, apparently 

 male, specimen from the Rev. O'Neil. 



Gynandrophthalma bicolor, Jac. 



Mr. Barker has sent some specimens which I believe 

 to be this species, which are much larger in size, probably 

 females, and which agree with Lacordaire's G. basipennis 

 in every respect ; but one of the specimens has the colora- 

 tion of my hicolor, so that I am inclined to believe that the 

 latter species is only a variety and the male of that of 

 Lacordaire's, which is no doubt subject to great variation. 

 The author described his species from a single female 

 specimen. 



Gynandrophthalma malverncnsis, sp. n. 



Black, the thorax fulvous, impunctate, the elytra strongly punctured 

 in closely approached rows, fulvous, a sutural band, abbreviated and 

 widened at the apex, another band near the lateral margin (sometimes 

 joined to the sutural one posteriorly) and a spot on the shoulders 

 black, femora and tarsi more or less fulvous. 



Var. (a) The black elytral bands united from the middle down- 

 wards, the apex fulvous. 



Var. (b) Elytra without the humeral spots, the legs entirely 

 fulvous. 



Length 3-4 millim. 



Head black, smooth and shining, impunctate, with a small fovea 

 between the eyes, the clypeus not separated from the face, triangularly 

 emarginate at the apex, labrum and palpi black, antennae blackish, 

 the lower three joints fulvous, terminal joints gradually transversely 

 widened, not triangular ; thorax more than twice as broad as long, 

 not or scarcely narrowed anteriorly, fulvous, entirely impunctate, 

 the median lobe only indicated with a short row of punctures, scutel- 

 lum black, impunctate ; elytra with closely approached and strong 



