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Show 1905.] ON SOUTH-AFRICAN COLEOPTERA. 2 71 7. On now Coleoptera from South Africa collected hy Dr. H . Brauns and others- S e r r ic o rn ia , E n d om y ch id c e , E r o t y l id c e . By H. S. G o r h a m , F.Z.S. [Received May 19, 1905.] This paper is a sequel to those published by me in the ‘ Annals and Magazine of Natural History ' for 1900-1901. The material dealt with is similar in character to that contained in the collections sent to me by Mr. G. A. K. Marshall, but is without Coccinelliche or Languriidse. The publication of the paper has unfortunately been much delayed, owing to domestic reasons. The Cleridfe are particularly well represented and indicate a very rich fauna in this subfamily as well as in the Melyrida?. Hedybius represents the European Mcdachius, and is evidently (with its allied genera) as rich in species. T e l e p h o r i d v e . T e le ph o r u s vir id e sc en s Fab. Telephones viridescens Fab. Syst. Eleuth. i. p. 295 (Ccintharis). Hob. Willowmore, Uitenhage, Cape Colony (Brauns). In the Munich Catalogue this species is given as a synonym of Cantharis smaragdidus Fab. Spec. Ins. p. 259, a Brazilian insect; but Fabr. loc. cit. gives " Cap bon. spei " as the locality of the Cantharis viridescens, with which my specimens agree very well. T e l e ph o r u s in c isu s W ie d . Zool. Mag. ii. p. 71. Hah. Algoa Bay, Cape Colony (Brauns). 2 examples. Smaller than T. viridescens, with a thoracic vitta from the front to the hind margin and without spots on the sides or at the base ; elytra less green, of a dull grey-black. T ele ph o r u s zo n a tu s Gemm. Cat. Col. p. 1674. Telephorus vitticollis Bohem. Ins. Caffr. i. 2, p. 453, nec Menetr. Cat. Bais. p. 162. Hab. Algoa Bay, Cape Colony (Brauns). 1 example. Described by Bohem. loc. cit. from " Limpopo " B., Caffraria. T e le ph o r u s b iv it t a t u s Fab. Nec T. bivittatus Mars. Hah. Algoa Bay, Cape Colony (Brauns). 1 example. T e le ph o r u s n ig r in u s Bohem. Ins. Caffr. i. 2, p. 457 (Cantharis) ? Hab. Algoa Bay, Cape Colony (Brauns). 2 examples. In one of the two examples sent the thorax is nearly twice as wide as long, in the other example (which, from the length of its antenna?, appears to be a male) it is quadrate. This seems to me to agree with the insect described by me (Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1901, |
