256 Mr. O. B. Janson's Notices of 



f Elytra fulvous with marginal spots - - - - frivittata. 



ff Elytra greenish with a marginal line - - - cruda. 



B. Upper side dull, velvety rartans. 



2. Mesosternal process short, apex bent outwards. 



A. Upper side dull, velvety, thorax with white central 



stripe iiiijnTxm.. 



B. Upper side shining, pubescent, thorax without 



central strij^e riUom. 



3. Mesosternal process scarcely produced, tuberculiform - liirta. 



G. elata, Fab., has been considered synonymous Avith trivitfata, 

 but it is quite distinct, I have only seen specimens from Sierra 

 Leone ; trivittata comes rather commonly from Angola. 



G. angoleiisis, Westw., has been referred by Messrs. Gemminger 

 and V. Harold in their Catalogus Coleo2:)terorum, to the genus 

 JFeterorrhina. ! 



(t . iinpressa^ Oliv., appears to be ver}' rare, the only specimen 

 1 have seen is in my collection, and comes from Damara Laud- 



Elaphinis levis, u. sp. 



E. atra, opaca, capite nitido ; thorace lateribus testaceis, albo- 

 maculatis ; elytris macula transversa punctisque plurimis prope 

 apicem rufotestaceis ; ])ygidio albo maculato ; subtus nigra nitirla, 

 abdomine ntrinque albo-guttato. Long. 11-12 mm. 



Var. elytris testaceis, regione scutellari apiceque nigris. 



Head longitudinally convex in the centre, slightly impressed 

 on each side between the eyes, finely and closely pimctured, the 

 ])inictvn-es coarser and sparse on the base but confluent and 

 forming stria^ at the sides ; clypeus rather deejily emarginate in 

 front, the apical points obtuse and elevated, the sides depressed ; 

 black, very shining at the base ; antennte black. 



Thorax convex, transverse, the posterior angles strongly 

 rounded, basal margin slightly sinnons, anterior margin slightly 

 elevated and shining in the centre, very sparingly and finely 

 punctured ; dull black, the lateral margins narrowly testaceous, 

 with five or six small wliite spots. 



Scutelluiii short and broad, rounded at the apex, impunctate ; 

 dull black. 



Elytra sub-quadrate, slightly dilated behind the middle, the 

 sutural angles a little produced and elevated, the suture and two 

 carina? on each slightly elevated and smooth, the interstices with 

 two piuictate strife and several lateral rows of punctures; dull 



