South African Coleopterous Fauna. 319 



duabus margins lateral! flavis in singulo ornatis. Long. 15 mm. 

 kit. 5 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Uitenhage). Eev. J. A. O'Neil. 



LYTTA OVAMPOA. 



Elongata, nigra, capite rufo, fronte macula nigra lata, elytris 

 saturate brunneis ; caput crebre punctatum, latitudine vix longius, 

 pube griseo-cinerea longa tectum ; antennas nigrae, articulis tribus 

 basalibus rufescentibus ; prothorax longitudine latitudine adsequans, 

 apicem versus attenuatus, basi in medio nonnihil emarginatus, sub- 

 coriaceus, medio longitudinaliter canaliculatus, sat pubescens, linea 

 longitudinal! media e pilis densioribus formata, ornatus ; scutellum 

 griseo-pubescens ; elytra basi prothorace tertio latiora, retrorsum 

 baud dilatata, apice singulatim rotundata, linea dorsali utrinque 

 nulla, tenuissime coriacea, brevissime brunneo pubescentia, mar- 

 ginibus suturaque angustissime griseo limbatis ; subtus dense griseo 

 pubescens. Long. 15 mm. ; lat. 4 mm. 



Tbe nearest ally to this species is L. lorigera, Gerst., the shape, 

 size, and colour are nearly alike, but in L. lorigera the head is black 

 and the antennae totally reddish brown, and the elytra have a discoidal 

 pubescent greyish band, which is entirely wanting in L. ovampoa. 



Hab. Ovampoland. A. W. Eriksson. 



GEN. ZONITIS, Fab. 



ZONITIS TBANSGRESSOR. 



Flavo testacea, nitida, palpis, antennis, articulis basalibus duobus 

 exceptis, meso et metasterno, femoribus tibiisque apice, atque tarsis 

 totis nigris ; caput parallelurn, latitudine nonnihil longius, postice 

 ad medium sinuatum, angulis posticis rectis, prominulis, crebe pro- 

 fundeque punctatum ; antennae medium corporis attingentes, com- 

 pressae, articulis latis, distincte infra angulatis ; prothorax apice 

 basique truncatus, cono similis, basi apice tertio latior, crebre punctu- 

 latus, brevissime pubescens, in medio impressione elongata longi- 

 tudinali longe a basi atque ab apice disjuncta notatus ; scutellum 

 crebre punctulatum, apice rotundatum ; elytra oblonga, antice pro- 

 thoracis basi duplo latiora, triplo longiora, pone hurneros nonnihil 

 sinuata, pone medium baud sensim ampliata, apice conjunctim 

 rotundata, supra modice convexa, crebre et profunde, postice obso 

 letius, punctata, costulis tribus distinctis, a basi apice ductis, in 



