66 FAHK^US, COLEOPTERA CAFFRARl.E. 



latiora, retrorsum sensim leviter angustata, apice anguste subro- 

 tundata, dorso depressa, crebre, antice sat fortiter, posterius 

 tenuius ruguloso-punctata. Corpus subtus parum convexura, 

 abdoraine fere Isevigato, pectore subcoriaceo, marginibus laterum 

 argenteo-sericeis. Pedes 4 anteriores flavi, femoruni clava, geni- 

 bus tarsisque violaceo-nigris, postici violaceo-nigri, petiolis fe- 

 raorum flavis. 



52. Clytanthus (J. Thoms.) Westringii: oblongus, niger, opacus, 

 thorace pulvinato, coriaceo; elytris pctrallelis, fascia postica sig- 

 naturisque aliquot basalibus, e pube griseo-albida, ornatis. Long. 

 9, lat. 2| millim. 



Caput exiguura, deilexum, subtiliter coriaceum, fronte ca- 

 nnula longitudinali tenuissima notata; oculi majusculi, lunati. 

 Antennae huineros parum excedentes, filiformes, tenuissime griseo- 

 pubescentes. Thorax latitudine baseos dimidio longior, fortiter 

 rotundato-ampliatus, apicem versus angustatus, mox intra basin 

 constrictus, antice posticeque truncatus, supra pone medium 

 transversira convexus, ubique subtiliter coriaceus, pube tenuis- 

 sima grisea obductus. Scutellum triangulare, griseo-sericeura. 

 Elytra linearia, thorace vix triplo longiora, basi vero ejusdera 

 conjunctim sesqui latiora, apice oblique truncata, angulo exte- 

 riore spiuula armato; dorso tequaliter convexa, subtiliter coria- 

 cea, plaga magna humerali, callum baud tegente, macula parva 

 basali juxta scutellum utrimque, linea e regione scutelli singu- 

 latim ad medium dorsi arcuatim ducta, fasciaque determinata, 

 Integra, pone medium, griseo-albido-pubescentibus. Corpus sub- 

 tus et pedes nigra, pube griseo-albida requaliter obducta. 



53. Xylothreciis (Chevrol.) caffer: oblongus, ater, opacus, tho- 

 race subdepresso, punctis quatuor dorsalibus lineolaque media 

 albido-pubescentibus ; elytris parallelis, lineis liturisque albido- 

 pubesceutibus notatis; femoribus supra rufoplagiatis. Long. 12^ 

 lat. 3i millim. 



Caput deflexum, coriaceum, tenuiter griseo-pubescens, fronte 

 inter antennas longitudinaliter sulcata, antice obsolete tricari- 

 nata; oculi laterales, lunati, convexi. Antennae medium cor- 

 poris haud attingentes, subtenues, nigrae, extrorsum piceae. Tho- 

 rax latitudine baseos vix longior, leviter rotundato-ampliatus, 

 intra basin constrictus, antice posticeque truncatus, supra pa- 

 rum convexus, tenuiter coriaceus, punctis quatuor in disco, duo- 

 bus scilicet ante totidemque pone medium, his magis distan- 

 tibus, lineolaque media, postica, griseo-albido-pubescentibus. Scu- 

 tellum breve, apice rotundatura. Elytra pone huraeros linearia, 

 thorace triplo longiora ejusque basi sesqui latiora, apice oblique 

 truncata, angulo exteriore subdentato; dorso subdepressa, coria- 

 cea, nigra, epipleuris ferrugineo-piceis, vittis discoidalibus gri- 

 seis atrisque alternantibus plus minusve distinctis; linea sutu- 

 rali, macula pone scutellum, lineola ante medium prope sutu- 

 ram, plaga apicali liturisque duabus lateralibus totidemque pone 



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