INSECTA.
COLEOPTERA.
G e o d e p h a g a .
S o u t h A f r ic a is well represented by this Tribe of Coleóptera,
and the Transvaal is no exception to the rule. The genus
Manticora, so restricted to this region, I only found in one
species around Pretoria. It is very local, appears shortly after
the first rains, and is very numerous indeed on the restricted
areas it frequents, where it actively forages about the bare veld.
It is, however, found only for a few weeks,—at least such was
my experience. Dromica is a scarce genus, and the only
species met with, D. gigantea, was seen in solitary examples
at scattered intervals during the wet season. Polyhirma macilenta
is very common on the paths and roadways of the open
veld ; but Cypholoba ranzanii is a much rarer species, and I
only took it. in Zoutpansberg. The two most common species
of the genus Anthia are A. thoracica and A. maxillosa, but
there are nothing like the number of species in the Transvaal
as can be found in other parts of Southern Africa. Atracto-
notus formicarius is found under stones on the hardest and
driest part of the veld, whilst under stones in damp places I
found the rare Callistomimus sexpustulatus, Crepidogaster bima-
culatus, and Chloenius vitticollis. But the streams in the
summer are so violent, and the stones on the banks so frequently
overturned and washed from their places, that it is
very difficult to find the homes of these small Carabidæ.
For the identification of many of the species of Carabidæ I
am indebted to that high authority Mr. H. W. Bates.
F a m . C i c in d e l id æ .
Manticora tuberculata, De Geer. Pretoria.
Dromica gigantea, Brème. Pretoria.