South African Coleopterous Fauna. 259 



HOPLONYX AMOENUS, 11. sp. 



Dark bronze, with the elytra brighter than the prothorax ; antennae 

 piceous ; head deeply and somewhat roughly punctate especially on 

 the vertex between the eyes which are divided by a space equal to 

 one-third of their width, antennal crests strong, almost longitudinal ; 

 prothorax parallel, but obliquely narrowed near the apical angle, 

 slightly impressed on each side of the base which is not grooved, 

 covered with deep, closely set punctures, which are round on the 

 sides but plainly elongated on the greatest part of the disk and 

 divided there by smooth intervals ; scutellum sub-cordate and having 

 a few punctures ; elytra only slightly wider at the base than the base 

 of the prothorax, and with the shoulders rounded, nearly straight f cl- 

 one-third of the length, ampliated thence to two-thirds of the length, 

 and from there acuminate towards the apex, deeply punctate-striate 

 with the intervals plane and also deeply punctate, but the punctures 

 are much smaller than those on the striae ; legs finely punctate. 



In this species the elytra are more ampliated laterally past the 

 median part, and are therefore less parallel than in the other South 

 African species. 



Length 9i mm. ; width 4 mm. 



Hab. Natal. Dr. H. Martin. 



HOPLONYX PEOBUS, n. sp. 



Piceous, very shining, antennae and tibiae piceous-red ; anterior 

 part of the head closely and roughly punctate ; eyes separated by a 

 narrow, raised line, antennal crests longitudinal ; prothorax wider 

 than long by one-fourth, plainly attenuate laterally in the anterior 

 part, slightly rounded past the median, very slightly sinuate above 

 the basal angle, base plainly sinuate and impressed on each side 

 of the median part which is faintly grooved, the whole surface is 

 covered with fine punctures separated by smooth intervals equal in 

 width to the diameter of the punctures ; scutellum sub-ogival, almost 

 impunctate ; elytra sub-parallel, slightly sinuate laterally before the 

 median part, not at all striate for the greatest part of the length, 

 but showing very faint traces of striate lines towards the apex, 

 covered with series of round punctures disposed longitudinally, these 

 punctures are nearly equal in width in the dorsal part, but laterally 

 the bi-alternate rows, which normally should be sunk into striae, are 

 wider than the others. 



Length 16| mm. ; width 7 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Graham's Town). Albany Museum. 



