Soiith African Coleo2)tero7is Fauna. 285' 



angular than in T. delagorguei ; the granules in the sulcate strise 

 are also much sharper than in that species. 



Hab. North-West Ehodesia (Kafue Eiver). J. Drury. 



Gen. TEICHISIA, Motsch, 

 Trichisia rhodesiana, n. sp. 



Nigra, sub-nitida, supra nonnihil viridi nigra, pube densa flavida 

 vestita, subtus parce pubescens, ore, antennarum articulo primo 

 pedibusque luteis ; capite utrinque profunda canaliculato foveolato, 

 parte media elevata, leve, collo basi sub-strigillato ; prothorace 

 longitudine tertio latiore, ab apice longe pone medium lateraliter 

 arcuatim ampliato, ibi profunde emarginato, dein cito angustato 

 angulis posticis valde acutis, profunde crebreque foveolato, in medio 

 canaliculato, postice utrinque impresso ; elytris ovatis ; basi pro- 

 thorace baud latioribus, profunde at anguste striatis interstitiis- 

 altecostatis tectiformibus creberrime transversim rugose plicatis ; 

 corpore subtus profunde punctato. 



It is the first time that a species of this genus has been recorded 

 from Africa. The other three species known are from India, Hong- 

 Kong, and Eastern Australia. 



Length 9^ mm. ; width 4i mm. 



Hah. Southern Ehodesia (Umtali). A. Bodong. 



Teibe CHL^NIINI. 



Gen. CHL^NIUS, Bonel. 

 Chl^nius nuncius, n. sp. 

 Supra viridi-aeneus, capite prothoraceque nitidis, elytris sub-opacis, 

 utrinque flavo bi-maculatis ; antennarum articulis basalibus duobus 

 pedibusque pallide flavis ; capite crebre aciculato, labro flavo ; pro- 

 thorace longitudine quarto latiore, late cordato, a medio basim versus 

 modice angustato, postice utrinque impresso, medio canaliculato, 

 crebre aciculato, glabro, marginibus lateralibus angustissime rufes- 

 centibus ; elytris latis, humeris prominentibus, ad apicem distincte 

 amphatis, tenue striatis, interstitiis planis, creberrime scabrosis, bre- 

 vissime pubescentibus, plaga laterali fere media, bi-sinuata, inter 

 stria 3-8 sita maculaque apicali obliqua utrinque ornatis ; corpore 



