the S. African Species of Dinometopus, (f c. 323 



of the protliorax, tlic head formed very much as in the same 

 sex of C. cinitla, Kr. The clvtra are more depressed below 

 the base than in tbat speeies and the legs are not so 

 slender. 



3. Chali corns bisellatus, sp, n. 



? . Elonjjate, narrow, sliininj;, sparsely, finely pnbesccnt ; 

 ni^'ro-cyancous, the aiitennse with joints 1-5 in <j;reut j)art 

 (exte[)t 1 abt)V('), and the elytra with two faseiiL' — one 

 ante-median, witl'jned outwards, the other apieal, extending 

 for some distance forward along the suture — testaceous, 

 (he protliorax rufous, with two small, oblong, bluish spots 

 on the dorsal hump, the rest of the antennie and the 

 legs piceous or black ; closely, finely, the elytra more 

 strungly, })unctate. Head triangular, flattened ; antenme 

 long, filiform, joints 2 and 3 short, subecjual in length. 

 Prt)thorax elongate, constricted and much narrowed 

 posteriorly, the anterior portion gibbous on the disc, the 

 transverse basal depression deep, the base itself appearing 

 raised. Elytra elongate, deeply transversely depiessed below 

 the l)ase, the apical portion convex. Wings fully developed. 



Length 2^ mm. 



Hub. S. Afuica, AVillowmore, Cape Colony {Dr. Bruuns, 

 Mus. Cape Town). 



One specimen, forwarded by Dr. Peringuey for deter- 

 mination. Separable from C.favofaxciafus by its bimaculate 

 red protliorax and the bifasciate elytia. The wings aie 

 ample in this insect and wanting in the same sex of the type 

 of the genus, C. vinula. 



Chalicoroides, gen. nov. 



Antennae filiform, 11-jointed, 3 and 4 subequal in length, 

 3 longer than 2 ; terminal joint of maxillary palpi in both 

 sexes oblong-ovate, obliquely truncate at tip ; head in ^ 

 short, triangular, tubereulate and excavate anteriorly, the 

 eyes prominent ; protliorax cordate ; elytia simple; anterior 

 tarsi simple, 5-joiiiicd, 1—1 gradually decreasing in length ; 

 wings present in both sexes. 



Ty[)e, C/ialicoiUfi triyiittatus, Ab. 



The small S. African insects referied to this genus are so 

 different from the type of ( /lulicorus, C. vinula, Er., that 

 they are best separated from it. The c? , it is true, has the 

 head and anterior tarsi very similarly formed; but the cordate 

 or transversely cordate, less constricted protliorax gives them 

 the general facies of an Atlulus or Colotes, the third antennal 



