18 Mr. M. Jacoby's Descriidtions of Neio Genera and 



punctured, tlie clypeus separated from the face by an obsolete trans- 

 verse strongly punctured groove, antennae witli the lower six joints 

 flavous, the rest black, the second joint scarcely shorter than the 

 third, the terminal joints distinctly shorter and thicker, thorax 

 about twice as broad as long, the sides nearly straight, the base 

 without an impressed line, the disc with deep but not very closely 

 placed punctures, of even size, the intervals much wider than the 

 punctures themselves ; elytra subcylindrical, but slightly narrowed 

 at tlie apex, not more strongly punctured than the thorax, the inter- 

 stices flat and impunctate ; under-side and the posterior femora 

 ajneous, the rest of the legs flavous, sometimes stained with ."eneous, 

 metasternum strongly transversely rugose, the first tarsal joint 

 strongly dilated in the male. 



Hal. DuNBRODY, Cape Colony {Bcv. O'Ncil). 



Of this species I received two specimens from the Rev. 

 O'Neil, which may be known from other African forms 

 by the metallic teneous, not dull, coloration and the strongly 

 punctured head and thorax, the absence of lateral grooves 

 from the face, and the want of a basal impressed thoracic 

 line, also by the flat and impunctate elytral interstices. 

 The specimens were obtained under dead reeds. 



Chsdtocnem.a harheri, sp. n. 



Dark seneous, the antennae and the tibiae and tarsi fulvous, head 

 nearly Impunctate, with a deep curved groove in front of the eyes, 

 thorax extremely minutely and closely punctured, elytra pointed, 

 very deeply and strongly punctate-striate, the interstices strongly 

 costate. Length 2 millim. 



Of robust and broad shape, the elytra strongly pointed at the apex, 

 the head very broad, impunctate, with two very deep grooves at a 

 little distance from the eyes which commence above the latter in 

 shape of fovese and extend down to the sides of the clypeus, eyes very 

 large and slightly sinuate, antennae entirely fulvous, the third joint 

 distinctly longer and thinner than the others, terminal joints 

 gradually thickened but longer than broad ; thorax about twice as 

 broad as long, convex, the sides straight, strongly deflexed, the 

 lateral margins nearly straight, the anterior angles broadly oblique 

 and thickened, furnished with a fovea, the surface extremely 

 minutely punctured, when seen under a strong lens, the basal margin 

 with a short row of deeper punctures at the sides only, scutellum 

 very small ; elytra convex, deeply punctate-striate, the interstices 

 strongly longitudinally costate except at the base, under-side nearly 

 black, the posterior femora asneous, very strongly thickened, the 



