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which are clustered together and form an angular pro- 

 minence at the outer angle. The puncturing of the pro- 

 thorax is very sparse and coarse, that of the elytra close 

 and fine, with scattered, seriately-arranged, smooth granules 

 intermixed. The tibiae and tarsi, and the antennae, except 

 towards the apex and at the base, are rufo-testaceous. 

 D. coriaceus is a small form of D. oneili Pic, with the 

 elytra more finely punctured, and in the $ more acuminate 

 (ox less rounded) at the apex; 



5. Dasytes costatipennis. 



9. Dasytes costatipennis Pic, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1910, 

 pp. 53, 54. 



" Latus, deplanatus, paulo nitidus, viridescens, supra viridis aut 

 caeruleo viridescens ; thorace alutaceo, mcdiocriter punctato ; 

 elytra costatis, rugulose punctatis, late explanatis. — Long. 4*5- 

 6"5 mm." [Pic] 



(^. Antennae slender, rather long, extending beyond the hind 

 angles of the prothorax ; anterior and intermediate tibiae hollowed 

 towards the apex within, and slightly widened thence to the apex ; 

 posterior femora strongly, the other femora more feebly, incrassate. 



9. Antennae shorter; tibiae simple; femora more slender. 



Hab. S. Africa {type of Pic), Clanwilham, Mooresburg 

 {Mus. Cape Toivn), Malmesbury {ex coll. Fry). 



Six specimens (4 (^(^, 2 $$) before me agree fairly well 

 with Pic's diagnosis. They have broadly explanate, 

 feebly costate elytra, the costae each bearing a row of 

 scattered, smooth granules ; the prothorax alutaceous 

 and sparsely punctured ; the body clothed with long 

 blackish hairs. This species or the following may be 

 synonymous with the 8. African D. caendeus or D. viridis 

 Thunb. (1821), the diagnoses of which are useless for the 

 purposes of identification. The latter are not referred to 

 by Pic and are both omitted from the " Munich Catalogue." 



6. Dasytes cribricollis, n. sp. 



cJ. Elongate, rather broad, a little widened posteriorly, moderately 

 shining, clothed with a fine scattered greyish pubescence abundantly 

 intermixed with long, blackish, erect, bristly hairs; bluish-green, 

 the antennae and tarsi black; the head and prothorax alutaceous, 

 and closely, strongly punctured, the elytra densely, rather strongly, 

 rugulosely punctate, and with a few, scattered, subseriately-arranged, 

 smooth granules. Head short, longitudinally impressed on each 



