the S. Af'n'can Species of I)i'i(tttu^'i>|tns, <fv. 311 



3. Cololi'S crllji'ipennis. (PI. \'. lii^s. LN'J, licad from 

 ill front, 2()«, unteima, 2GA, maxillary pulpus, ^ .) 



P.sfiiiio<uhtfs cn'/irijteiiuin, Ah. Ivev. d'Eiit. xix. jip. lt>3, l(i7 {S ?) 



c^ . lltad (with tlie eyes) about as wide as the prothorax, 

 flavous 111 tiout, black at the base, sulcate aliove and on each 

 side within the eyes, the black basal portion limited anteriorly 

 by an arcuate, tumid, shining space ; antenme long, black, 

 joints I-.'} (a conspicuous spot at the apex of 1 excejited in 

 some spcciineiis) testaceous, I elongate, compressed, 4 arcii- 

 atily dilated \uthin ; maxillary palpi testaceous, black at the 

 tip, joint l enormously thickened, crcseeiitit'ijrm, 3 trans- 

 verse, subtriangular, much wiiler than 2. Prothorax black, 

 dull, testaceous at the base. Elytra blue, with an elongate, 

 narrow, wliitish patcii at the sides below the base, the 

 jninctiiation close and strong. Legs in part testaceous ; 

 anterior tarsi l-jointed. 



$ . Head black, except along the anterior margin, rather 

 convex ; autennee with joints 1-3 testaceous (1 sometimes 

 nigio-lineate above), 1 more slender, 4 simple; joint 4 of 

 maxillary palpi infuscate or testaceous, subtriangular. 



Length 2 mm. 



lld/j. S. Africa, Cape Town ', Stellenboseh (Mus. Cape 

 7o(rN), Table Mountain {IV. Bevins), Mossel Hav, Certs, 

 Witzenberg Valley [R. E. Turner: xii. 1920, i., iv.' 1921). 



Dr. Peringuey has lent me two J ^ and three ? $ of this 

 species, including the types, and Mr. Turner lias recently 

 sent numerous others to the British Museum. The very 

 large crescentiform fourth joint of the J maxillaiy palpi 

 cannot be properly seen till the palpus is detached. 



4. Culotes pict'ifrons, sp. n. 

 (PI. V. fig. 27, head Vioni in front, S •) 



^ . Moderately elongate, finely einereo-pubescent,shining; 

 bluish-black, the palpi (except at the tip), the antennal 

 joints 1 and 2 (a long streak on 1 and a spot on 2 excepted), 

 lai)runi, an elongate-triangular streak on the anterior portion 

 of the head, the ba<al and outer margins of the prothorax 

 (the pale marginal portion angularly extended inward near 

 the hiiul angles), and the anterior and intermediate legs in 

 part, testaceous ; the elytra ereruleo-violaceous, with a rather 

 l)road, oljlong, whitish patch at the sides below the base. 

 Head broad, obliciucly, deeply excavate on each aide near 

 the eyes anteriorly, the vertex depressed in the middle and 



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