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lateral band, the triangular point of which unites also with the second juxta- 
sutural spot forming thus a somewhat zigzagged band, the two post-median 
spots are no longer rounded, and they approximate closely to each 
other ; in fig. 83, which is really the type, the four dorsal patches are 
rather jagged and broadly separated from the much-reduced lateral band 
and spot. 
Length 9-14: mm. ; width 4-6 mm. 
Hab. Transvaal (Pietersburg) , Damaraland (Walfish Bay), Ovampo- 
land. 
Ceroctis bohemani, Fahr., 
Plate XXIV., fig. 84. 
Ofv. Vet. Ak. Forhdl, 1870, p. 345 ; Mars., Monogr., p. 558, pi. 5, fig. 69. 
Black, clothed with a short, appressed greyish white silky pubescence ; 
antennae black, joints strongly serrate inwardly, femora rufescent from the 
base to three-fourths of the length ; head and prothorax very closely 
punctate, the punctures fine and round, but wider and more scattered on 
the frontal part ; elytra finely shagreened and with the two dorsal lines 
well marked, on each side are four superposed juxta-sutural bright yellow, 
more or less ovate patches, a lateral longitudinal short band at the 
shoulder, and two small patches on the outer margin, the one anterior, 
the other post-median. 
Length 13 mm. ; width 5 mm. 
Hab. Transvaal (Pietersburg, Waterburg, Eustenburg, Pretoria, 
Klerksdorp), Natal (Eshowe), Southern Ehodesia (Bulawayo, Victoria 
Falls, Salisbury). 
Ceroctis groendali, Billb., 
Plate XXIV., fig. 85. 
Monogr., p. 30, pi. iii., figs. 17, 18 ; Mars., Monogr., p. 556, pi. 5, fig. 68. 
Black, covered with a long, black and greyish, and very dense pubescence 
on the under side, the head and prothorax; antennas black, the intermediate 
joints serrate ; head and prothorax very closely and somewhat roughly 
punctured, frontal smooth mark distinct ; elytra covered with deep, sub- 
contiguous punctures divided by a raised wall imparting to them a 
coriaceous shagreened appearance ; the pale yellow bands have invaded 
the greatest part of the surface, and the black background is thus reduced 
to a small humeral spot, three more disposed transversely in the anterior 
part, a median and a posterior strongly zigzagged narrow band, the latter 
expanding towards the outer margin which neither band reaches, and a 
small sutural apical dot. 
