390 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



side anteriorly; antennae short, not reaching beyond the hind 

 angles of the prothorax, slender, subserrate, the apical joint 

 acuminate. Prothorax convex, strongly transverse, rounded at 

 the sides, the margins rather prominent. Elytra wider than the 

 prothorax, subparallel at the base, the margins moderately expanded 

 thence to near the apex. Tibiae straight. Posterior femora very 

 little thicker than the others. Tarsal claws equal, the membranous 

 expansion beneath reaching to near the tip. 

 Length 4^ mm. 



Hab. S. Africa, Oudtshoorn, Cape Colony {Dr. Braims, 

 in Mus. Cape Town). 



One male. Smaller and less elongate than D. costaii- 

 pennis Pic, the elytra with less expanded margins, the 

 costae scarcely traceable and the smooth granules almost 

 obsolete, the prothorax closely, coarsely punctate, the (^ 

 with much shorter antennae, straight tibiae, and feebly 

 incrassate posterior femora. This insect has the genera] 

 facies of a Psilothrix. 



7. Dasytes rubrocupreus. 



Dasytes rnhfocupreus Pic, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1910, pp. 53, 

 '54. 



" Satis latus, subdepressus, nitidus, nigro-viridescens, supra plus 

 minusve rubro-cupreus ; thorace alutaceo, sparse punctato ; elytri.s 

 ruguloso-punctatis, granulatis, satis explanatis.- — Long. 4-5 mm." 

 [Pic] 



(J. Antennae short, scarcely longer than in $; posterior femora 

 moderately incrassate. 



Hah. S. Africa, Caledon {Dr. Peringuey, in Mus. Cape 

 Town), Caffraria {type of Pic). 



Dr. Peringuey has sent me a long series of this species 

 for examination. The colour is somewhat variable, 

 especially of the under surface, but most of the specimens 

 are briUiant cupreous above. Compared with D. costati- 

 pennis, it is a shorter and more convex insect ; the antennae 

 are short in both sexes; the prothorax is more narrowly 

 margined ; the elytra have less prominent humeri, the 

 costae almost obsolete, and the margins much less dilated ; 

 and the tibiae are simple in both sexes. 



8. Dasytes coriaceipennis. 



Dasytes coriaceipennis Pic, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1910, 

 pp. 53, 54. 



