174 Mr. C. N. Barker on 



more rep:iilarlN' punctate posteriorly ; frons and epistome with 

 a shallow sulcation on either side; terminal joints of palpi 

 g;radually iucrassatc from bases and diagonally truncated ; 

 first three joints of antennae smooth, with some spaced setae 

 on the upper side, joints beyond filiform, compressed, and 

 pubescent. 



Frothorax transverse (5 mm. by 4 mm.), densely rugose- 

 ])unctate, about posterior margins and base the punctures 

 more or less confluent, apex broadly emarginate, angles 

 declivous, a little produced and rounded, sides very gently 

 ampliated to middle, then a little sinuately drawn in to base, 

 which is about one-third wider than apex, hind angles 

 obtuse, base sinuate on either side and conspicuously emar- 

 ginate medially, disc a little convex, declivous frontally, 

 median line narrow, reaching both apex and base, the lateral 

 fovese elongate and deep, but not quite reaching base. 



Elytra oblong-ovate, at base very little wider than pro- 

 thorax, bisinuate, humeral angles sharp, below ampliated 

 for a short distance and then very gently rounded to and 

 hardly sinuate before apex, above a little convex, very 

 declivous jiosteriorly, strine closely punctate, the suture and 

 alternate intervals a little more raised, all of them carinate 

 and more or less regularly and finely seriate punctate in 

 double lines. 



Underside black, shiny, and a little iridescent, glabrous, 

 but with some large superficial punctures on the prosterimm 

 and the metepisternal parts, and faint transverse aciculatious 

 on the sides of the venter. 



Very distinct from any species known to me. The shape 

 of the prothorax is similar to that of C. cavilabrum, mihi, a 

 little more transverse and less declivous about sides of front. 

 The elytra are also more ovate. 



My only example is a female, but the labial palpi, though 

 liardly securiform, are widely dilate and evidently entitle 

 the species to be placed in or near the Epomis section. 



The alternately raised elytral intervals, their seriate 

 l)uncturation, and the bright metallic-green margins give 

 the species some very striking characters. 



Ilab. Umtali, S. Rhodesia. Collected by A. Bodong, who 

 (teste the Kev. J. A. O'Neil) had two examples in his 

 ])ossession, labelled C. cupricotlis, a species I have no 

 record of. 



ChlcEuius salisburiensis, sp. n. 



Length 12 mm.; width 5 mm. 



Black, very shiny, apterous ; head metallic green ; pro- 

 thorax purplish metallic with obscure greenish j-cHections 



