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crebi'e obsito ; scutello impunctato ; elytris basi prothorace vix 

 latioribus, pone medium modice ampliatis, striatis, interstitiis con- 

 vexis, creberrime pi'ofundeque punctulatis, plaga utroque supra strias 

 3-7 sita ; subtus totus niger, pectore profunde punctate. 



Length 12|-13^ mm. ; width 5-5f mm. 



Hah. Southern Rhodesia (Sebakwe). Delancey Dods. 



I know of no ally of this species. The prothorax is more broadly 

 and equally ampliate rounded laterally than in C. ovampo, Per., and 

 the elytra are more ovate. 



Chl^nius finitimus, n. sp. 



Niger, capite prothoraceque viridi aeneis, ore, labro, antennarum 

 articulis primis tribus pedibusque rufo-flavescentibus ; elytris nigro 

 aenescentibus, dense flavo pubescentibus, macula posticali flava, bi- 

 sinuata inter strias 3-8 sita in singulo notatis ; capite crebre acicu- 

 lato ; prothorace longitudine quarto latiore, lateribus ampliato- 

 rotundatis, anterius nonnihil angustiore angulis acutis, posticis magis 

 rotundatis, supra parum convexo, postice utrinque foveolato, in 

 medio longitudinaliter canaliculato, punctis confertis rotundatis 

 fere confluentibus obsito ; scutello impunctato ; elytris oblongis, 

 pone medium leviter ampliatis, striatis, interstitiis in mare haud 

 sensim, in femina magis convexis, conferte punctatis; subtus glaber; 

 pectore profunde punctato. 



Length 11-11|^ mm, ; width 4f-5 mm. 



Hah. Transvaal (Zoutpansberg) ; Southern Ehodesia (Umtali). 

 A. Bodong. 



The nearest ally of this species is C. ovampo, Per., from which it 

 is distinguished by the sculpture of the prothorax and elytra, which 

 consists of round, nearly coalescing punctures, instead of being very 

 scabrose shagreened ; the prothorax is also more ampliated. 



Tribe OOIDINI. 

 Gen. OODES, Bond. 



OODES DECEPTOE, n. Sp. 



Niger, nitidissimus, antennae dilute fusco testacese articulis tribus 

 flavo rufescentibus, pedes obscuri, fere nigri, tarsis dilutioribus ; 

 palpi longi, obscure testacei ; caput impunctatum ; prothorax 

 latitudine postica quarto brevior, ah apice basi gradatim angustatus, 



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