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anlicis niodice productis, sub-acuminatis, posticis fere 

 rectis,- supra transversim convexus, obsolete coriaceus, 

 viridi-olivaceus, parum nitidus, antice posticeque vitta 

 utrinque abbreviata, violacea , notatus, medio canabcula 

 tenui, longitudinali. Scutelliim triangiilare, laeve, cu- 

 preo-micans. Elytra antice prothoracis basi nonnihil 

 latiora , ad humeros leviter emarginata, lateribiis in me- 

 dio parum ampliata, versus apicem paullo angustata, 

 apice conjunctim, late truncata, angulis exterioribus rec- 

 tis, interioribus rotundatis; supra convexa, dorso sub- 

 violacea, tenuiter punctalo-striata, lateribus viiidi-oliva- 

 cea, evidenter punctato-striata , interstitiis parum convexis, 

 subtiliter, minus crebre punctulatis, 6 et 8 elevatioribusj 

 margine inflexo, obscure aeneo. Corpus sublus aeneum, 

 nitidum, obsolete, crebre coriaceuni. Pedes flavo-testacei; 

 tibiis anticis ferrugineis. 



279. Gyrinus capensis: oblongo-ovalis, depressiusculus* 

 nitidus, supra fusco-subtus nigro-aeneus; la])ro laevi; 

 elytris striatu-punctatis, striis glauco-viridibus, internis 

 subtilioiibus, interstitiis subtiliter, crebre aeneo-pun- 

 ctatis, externis mod ice elevatis; protboracis elytrorum- 

 que margine, pectore medio, ano pedibusque luteo- 

 testaceis,- tibiis anticis obscure ferrugineis. Long. 8, 

 lat. 4 millim. 



Gyrinus capensis Thunb. Nov. Ins. Spec. p. 27. — Aube Spec. 

 Gen. d. Hydrocanth. et Gyrin p. 715. N:o 41. 

 Gyrinus concinnus Klug. Symb. Phys. t. 34. f. 10? 

 Habitat in Caffraria meridionali. 



280. Gyrinus splendidulus : oblongo-ovalis, depressius- 

 culus, nitidus, fusco-aeneusj prothorace confertim ru- 

 o-oso-punctulato, medio vitta transversa, cupreaj elytris 

 snlcato-punctatis, sulcis glauco-viridibus, leviter im- 

 pressis, internis subtilioribus, interstitiis elevatis, sub- 

 tiliter, minus crebre punctulatis; prothoracis elytrorum- 



