4 Mr. ^r. Jacoby on 



widened near the apex and strongly snlcate with a broad eniarginate 

 spur. 



Hah. Frere, Natal. 



The colour of the thorax which differs from that of the 

 elytra, and the peculiar finely-wrinkled surface form the 

 principal characteristic characters of this species, of which 

 two exactly similar specimens are contained in my 

 collection. 



Diholia aldominalis, sp. n. 



Piceous below, the basal joints of the antennre and the abdomen 

 more or less testaceons, above ol>scure reneons, eyes chjsely approached, 

 upper surface finely or scarcely perceptibly punctured, the tibia? and 

 tarsi obscure flavous. 



Length 3 millim. 



Ovate and very convex, the head inipunctate, greenish-a?neous, 

 the eyes very large and closely approached at tlie vertex, tlie inter- 

 mediate space smaller than their diameter, antennai flavous, the apical 

 joints darker, second and third joint short, ec^ual, the fourth the 

 longest ; thorax very short, tliree times broader than long, tlie sides 

 straight, the anterior angles thickened, the median lobe somewhat 

 pointed, the disc minutely transversely wrinkled, without punctures, 

 elytra very convex, widened towards the middle, minutely punctured 

 and obsoletely longitudinally sulcate, legs flavous, the posterior 

 femora and the breast piceous, abdomen parth' flavous. 



Hah. GrahamstoAvn and Dunbrodv, S. Africa (Rev. 



The punctuation in this species seems to vary from 

 extreme fineness to absence of punctures, but I am not 

 able to separate the specimens on account of any other 

 differences ; in most of them, the elytral puuctuatiou is 

 very fine and closely placed, but in one specimen no trace 

 of punctures can be seen and the interstices are obsoletely 

 sulcate; in all, tlie eyes are approached at the vertex (in 

 one, probably the male, much more closely so), bitt the 

 space separating them gradually widens. 



Diholia himaculata, Jac. (Proc. Zool. Soc, 1900). 



Whether this species is identical with D. macnlata, Har. 

 (Coleopter. Hefte, xvi. p. 232), or a variety of it I am not 

 able to say without seeing the type, but Harold describes 



