1902.] Catalogue of the Colcoptcra of South. Africa. 633 



as Beaufort West and Carnarvon. Two species only are found in the 

 eastern parts of the Cape Colony. 



Keij to the Sijccies. 



Upper side black, no scales on the prothorax ; elytra occasionally 

 with two narrow, elongate patches of whitish scales on each side . . ur^uA. 



Prothorax with a supra-lateral narrow band of glowing red scales 

 on each side ; posterior part of elytra and sides covered with similar 

 scales hpiitus. 



Prothorax with three greenish or greenish blue narrow bands of 

 scales ; elytra and pygidium black, clothed with dense but not 

 contiguous scales, abdomen without scales longlpes. 



Head, prothorax, and elytra covered with contiguous bright green 

 scales, the former with two narrow, longitudinal black median lines 

 elytra black, abdomen, pygidium, and hind femora clothed with 

 greenish golden scales ditux. 



Prothorax with a faint lateral marginal patch of bluish scales ; 

 elytra black with the posterior part, the pygidium and abdomen 

 sprinkled over with blue scales ; the erect bristles on the elytra white pa\iperatuA. 



Prothorax without any scale ; the elytra alone are sprinkled with 

 blue scales, and the erect bristles are black elizabetlur. 



Prothorax covered with contiguous emerald-green scales except 

 for a median, moderately broad, longitudinal space ; elytra black, 

 sprinkled with patches of closely set scales of the same colour ; 

 pygidium and abdomen covered with contiguous scales xmarcKjcHiius. 



Prothorax with three, not well-detined bands of greenish scales ; 

 elytra and pygidium sprinkled more or less thickly with greenish 

 blue scales ; abdomen and hind femora clothed with a long 

 pubescence lepidotu^. 



Prothorax without scales ; elytra set with a few opaline scales ; 

 pygidium and abdomen with a few greenish scales ; hind femora 

 clothed with a long black pubescence liilari^. 



Prothorax with three narrow median bands and a small lateral 

 patch of slightly greenish opaline scales ; prothorax with a narrow 

 marginal and sutural band of similar scales ; pygidium and abdomen 

 clothed with opaline scales <jemmatus. 



Prothorax without scales ; elytra chocolate-brown and with a 

 conspicuous outer marginal band of opaline golden scales . . . . hjn.r. 



Prothorax black, without scales ; elytra pale fulvous, edged with 

 black, and having a few opaline scales on the outer margin ; 

 pygidium and abdomen clothed with similar scales senilis. 



Prothorax black ; elytra pale fulvous, narrowly inf uscate laterally, 

 but without any scales on the upper or under side luisiitus. 



Prothorax black ; elvtra testaceous red ; no scales proletariux. 



