342 Ml. G. C. Champion on 



anoularly raised on each side ; antennne lonp;, slender, joitit 

 1 elongate, but little widened ; joints 3 and 4 of maxillary 

 palpi enormously developed, 3 somewhat eup-shaped, 4 sub- 

 scaphiform, concave at the tip. Prothorax transverse, much 

 narrowed behind, obsoletely punctulate. Elytra finely 

 punctured. -Legs very long, slender ; anterior tarsi 

 4-joiuted. 



? . Head smaller, immaculate ; paljii infuscate ; antennal 

 joints 1 and 2 testaceous, 1 with a black streak above, 2 

 immaculate. 



Lenotli 2^ mm. 



Hob. S. Afkica, Ulundi, Drakensburg {Dr. G. A. K. 

 Marshall', i. 1893 : S , type), Frere {Mus. Cape Town : ? ). 



One })air. Separable from C. crihripenn'is, Ab., by the 

 much finer puncturing of tlie elytra and the slender antennae, 

 the (^ with the head and antennas different in colour and 

 structure. C. pictijrons seems to approach C. buccator, Ab. 

 A cT of an allied unnamed form from Algoa Hay (Brauns) 

 h.;s been sent me for examination by Dr. Peiinguey. 



5. Colotes frontalis, sp. u. (PL V. fig. 28, head, (^ .) 



rj , Moderately elongate, finely cinereo-pubescent, opaque; 

 the elytra somewhat shining; head testaceous, black at the 

 base ; antennae testaceous, joint 1 with a streak above and. 

 4-7 in part black ; palpi, prothorax (a triangular black patch 

 on the disc in front excepted), and legs (the black posterior 

 femora and tibiae excepted) testaceous ; scutellum black ; 

 elytra cyaneous or bluish-green, the margins with a broad, 

 inwardly-rounded, whitish stripe extending from the base 

 to beyond the middle; the under surface black; elytra closely, 

 rather strongly punctured. Head broad, the face with a 

 triangular, slightly raised, flattened space extending down 

 the middle, bordered by a cavity on each side, the eyes large; 

 antennae moderately long, slender, filiform, joint 1 elongate, 

 compressed, 3-6 subequal in length ; joint 4 of maxillary 

 pal|)i extremely large, transverse, somewhat eai'-shaped, 

 ])ointcd at the tip, 3 stout, convex, closely applied to 4 ; pro- 

 thorax transverse, narrowed posteriorly ; elytra moderately 

 long ; anterior tarsi 4-jointed. 



? . Head black, closely punctulate ; antennae testaceous, 

 joint 1 sometimes infuscate or nigro-lineate at the base ; 

 the whitish lateral patch on the elytra not reaching the base. 



Length 2^-2 ^ mm. 



Hab. S. Africa, Bulawayo [type] (Dr. Marshall: xii. 

 1903 : S 2), Umtali, S. Khodesia (Miis. Cape Town : ? ). 



