1908.] Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 703 



segments is laminate with yellow, leaving only a narrow median 

 longitudinal band ; the pectus, side pieces, and the greatest surface 

 of the femora inwardly and outwardly are covered with yellow. 



Length 14-14^ mm. 



This species is a native of the West Coast of Africa, but O. E. 

 Janson states that he has received or seen it from Damaraland. 



Gen. LEUCOCELIS, Burm. 



Leucocelis damarina, Kolb., 

 Annal. Soc. Ent. Belg., li., 1908, p. 372. 



" Black, prothorax red with a moderately broad median longi- 

 tudinal band beginning at some distance from the apex and abbre- 

 viated close to past the median part ; elytra grass-green ; pygidiuni 

 and the two or three ultimate abdominal laminae reddish, sometimes 

 the whole abdomen is reddish ; head numerously roughly punctate 

 in the hind part, finely punctulate towards the apex ; prothorax not 

 numerously but finely punctulate, the punctures thicker towards the 

 sides, ampliate behind sinuate before the posterior angles, which are 

 moderately prominent and obtuse ; elytra attenuate towards the 

 apex, a little elongated, having each three rows of punctures with 

 the intervals broad, the intervening space more or less narrow, the 

 first and second row punctate in the anterior part only, thence long, 

 lineiform, the third series is linear, punctate in the anterior part 

 only, fourth row drawing near the anterior part of the third, then 

 disappearing ; sides of elytra with four series of punctures ; pygi- 

 dium widely annulate punctate as usual ; ventral laminae of abdomen 

 having each two (or one) series of punctures of a horse-shoe shape, 

 median part of the laminae with a series of transverse punctures, 

 which is sometimes wanting ; mesosternum sparingly thickly punc- 

 tate ; mesosternal process moderately large. 



Length 8-11 mm. 



Hab. South- West Africa, Hereroland, Windhoek. 



Var. albopunctata : elytra with some white spots behind. 



Var. pygidialis : pygidium with oblong annulate punctures, and 

 less sinuate at apex." 



Gen. HOMALOTHYEEA, Kolb. 



HoMALOTHYREA KYBELE, Kolb. 



Denksc. Med. Naturw. Ges. Jena, vol. xiii., 1908, p. 123. 

 " Similar in shape to H. franki, Lansb. ; entirely nigro-cyaneous 

 above with the head only black and the antennae brownish and 

 partly nigrescent, elytra sparingly maculated with white, the pro- 



