18 Transactions South African Philosophical Society. [vou xm. 
opaque, opaline; clypeus broad, but short, distinctly marginate, less 
densely and coarsely punctate and having a row of sete behind the 
anterior margin, the suture very fine and covered with tomentum, 
prothorax slightly produced in front, the sides almost straight, 
lightly sinuous behind, the corners not rounded ; scutellum smooth 
in the middle; elytra irregularly and less densely punctate in the 
strie, the interspaces lightly raised, with tiny bristles in the 
punctures, and more distinct white bristles in rows; pygidium 
convex, acuminate; the setigerous punctures of the abdominal 
segments are distinct; the posterior femora are flat, broadened, 
somewhat sinuate before the apex, not narrowed at the apex, 
opaquely punctate, with distinct setigerous punctures ; the posterior 
tibiee are broadened, and have two groups of bristles externally, and 
an indistinct process above it; terminal spurs somewhat shorter 
than the first tarsal joint which is robust; posterior coxe densely 
bristly at the sides; mentum broadly deplanate ; sides of the sterna, 
finely hairy; antenne 10-jointed, club 3-jointed (@). The male is 
in my collection; it is less darkly coloured, the angles of the 
posterior femora are somewhat more distinctly projecting; the tri- 
jointed club is distinctly longer than the stalk. Very dark examples, 
black on the upper side with greenish tinge and vivid opaline sheen 
are labelled pwrpwrata in the Dohrn Collection. 
Length 8 mm.; width 5 mm. 
Hab. Port Natal.” 
LEPISERICA DELAGOANA, Brensk., 
Berl. Ent. Zeit., 1901, p. 228. 
“Robust and thick, very opaque, dark with green sheen above, 
brown below, only the tibize and tarsi shining; antennz 10-jointed, 
club 3-jointed. Clypeus broad, lightly marginate, only a little 
attenuated, very weakly sinuate in front, densely and strongly 
punctate in the anterior half, very finely punctate from the middle 
of the suture, and there also tomentose, with small, solitary, weak, 
setigerous punctures posterior to the suture ; elytra lightly produced 
in front in the middle, the lateral margin rounded in front, nearly 
straight posteriorly, and very lightly sinuous, marginal sets weak ; 
scutellum densely punctate; strize of elytra with a row of fine 
punctures, the interspaces broad, quite flat, very sparsely punctate, 
with a few darker hairs and darker lines which, however, are not. 
broken up into spots, and here the white, stronger, seriate bristles 
are distinctly seen, at the base the hairs are densely crowded, but. 
very weak and indistinct; the epipleural stria is equally broad 
