DACNE. 21 



Dacne californica.* 



Engis calif ornica, Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 1870, 97. 



Dacne , Crotch, Trans, Amer. Ent. ^^oc. 1872, 352. 



California. 



Dacne japonica.* 



Dacne japonica, Crotch, Ent. Mo. Mag. ix. 188. 

 Japan. 



Dacne picta. 



Dacne lyicta, Crotch, Ent. Mo. Mag. ix. 188. 

 Jai:)an. 



Dacne seqninoctialis.'^ 



Engis wquinoctialis, 27ioms. Arch. Ent. ii. 235. 



Galjoon. 



I Lave great hesitation in referring this insect to the present 

 genus ; I have a species from the Cape {Engis capensisy Dj-), 

 which is certainly not a true Dacne. 



Dacne rufifrons. 



Tritoma rufifrons, Fah. Syst. Ent. (S^ (1775). 

 Engis rufifrons, Bedel, Aheille, v. 10. 

 England, Sweden, France, Germany, Austria. 



Dacne bipustulata. 



Dermestes bijmstulatus, Thunh. Nov. Ins. Spec. i. 6. f. 4(1781). 



scanic2cs. Fab. Syst. Ent. 5S (1775). 



Ips humeralis, Fah. Mant. 45 (1787). 

 Engis humeralis, Bedel, Aheille, v. 10. 



Sweden, England, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Batoum, 

 Caucasus. 



Dacne capensis, sp. n. 



Subovata, postice acuminata, nigra, nitida, antennis (clava 

 picea) pedibusque obscure rufis ; capite parce punctato, clypeo 

 obscure rufo ; thorace fortius punctato, subtransverso, hiteribus 

 niarginatis, rectis, l)asi immarginato, utrinque oblique truncato ; 

 elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis parcissime punctulatis ; abdo- 

 mine subtus tenue pubescente, fortiter punctato, prjesertim lateri- 

 bus, linea coxali distincta fere marginem attingente ; metasterno 

 obsoletissime, lateribus episternisque profunde grosse punctatis, 

 linea coxali distincta ; mesosterno transverso, prosterno triangu- 

 lariter elevato, lateribus marginatis, postice infra coxas truncato, 



