1897.] of the Colcoptera of South Africa. 7 



Dalmina globulicornis, Eaffr., 



Eev. Entom., 1887, p. 47, pi. ii., figs. 6 & 7 ; Eev. Entom., 1890, 



pi. iii., fig. 40. 



Oblong, piceous black, covered with a somewhat flexible greyish 

 pubescence, elytra red, legs and antennae rufous, and in immature 

 specimens entirely testaceous ; head moderately short, attenuate in 

 front, sides and frontal part punctulate, two foveae between the eyes 

 which are large, sulci little oblique and connected in the frontal part 

 which is depressed, vertex subconvex, simple ; first joint of antennae 

 rather large, second subquadrate, third ovate, fourth to fifth 

 variable in both sexes, sixth to eighth subquadrate and transverse, 

 ninth to tenth equally long but a little narrower and hardly trans- 

 verse, eleventh not thicker than the preceding one, merely twice as 

 long and acuminate at tip ; prothorax longer than the head and a 

 little broader, cordate, and having two lateral foveae, transverse 

 sulcus distinctly angular ; elytra moderately elongate, slightly 

 rounded laterally, dorsal sulcus strong, attenuate before the median 

 part ; abdomen shorter than the elytra, moderately convex, and 

 declivous at apex, first dorsal segments subequal ; metasternum 

 foveate in the centre close to the posterior coxae ; legs moderately 

 long. 



Male : Fourth and fifth joint of antennae much larger than the 

 others and forming a large node, the fifth joint being, however, the 

 larger of the two and bi-impressed inwardly ; elytra elongate, 

 shoulders oblique and developed, trochanters of the forelegs with 

 a basal spine moderately long and slightly recurved ; anterior and 

 intermediate tibiae with a short spur, the spur longer in the posterior 

 ones ; metasternum broadly impressed, last ventral segment deeply 

 impressed. 



Female : Fourth and fifth joint of antennae a little more robust 

 than the following ones, fifth a little larger than the fourth ; elytra 

 shorter, attenuate at base, shoulders almost wanting ; metasternum 

 convex. Length 1-50-1 -60 mm. 



The colour of this species in both sexes, and also the shape of the 

 fourth and fifth joints of the antennae in the male, makes this species 

 very conspicuous. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Newlands, Stellenbosch). 



Dalmina geatitudinis. 



Oblong, subparallel, castaneous, more or less infuscate or pallid, 

 legs, antennae, and palpi rufous, body covered with a sparse, flexible 

 greyish pubescence ; head attenuate in front, temporal angles 



