the S. African Species of iJiiiometopus, ^c. 3i9 



loiifjjrr, the head ohliquely nanowi'd at the huso, tcstarcous 

 ill ils atitt'i'ior half and also heliiiid the eyes; the prothoiax 

 loss traiisviMse and more rounded at the sides ; the whitish 

 hiteral patch on the elytra less extended forwards; the legs 

 black, the extreme bases of the tibiiu excepted. 



15. Volota unifasciatns. (PI. VI. fig. 3.*), antenna, ^ .) 

 $. Coletcs uni/agciafuf, Huh. Iiia. CatTr. i. 2, p. 474 (18ol). 



(J. Shining, the head and prothorax almost smooth, the 

 elytra rather coarsely pnnctured ; nigro-creruleous or black, 

 the front of the head, labrnm, palpi, joint 1 of antenna?, 

 and anterior tihia^ testaceous, the elytra with a transverse 

 tlavous fascia before the middle, the rest of the antiMuifc and 

 legs infuscate or hlack. Head subtriangnlar, rather small, 

 foveate in the middle between the eyes ; antenna? long, 

 joiut 1 elongate, curved, greatly thickened, slender at the 

 base, convex externally ; joints 3 and 4 of maxillary palpi 

 enormously tliickencd, imbricate, 4 securiform. Prothorax 

 transverse, very convex. Elytra depressed below the base, 

 slightly widened posteriorly. Anterior tarsi 4-jointed. 



? . Head nigro-c;eruleous ; antennre shorter and more 

 slender, joint 1 smaller, pyriform ; palpi infuscate ; elytra 

 much widened posteriorly. 



Lengtb al^out 2 mm. 



Hub. S. Africa, River Limpopo (type of Boheintni), 

 Isipingo beach N. (Mus. J Uirhan). 



liedescribed from two J (^ and one ? . 



16. Colotes stibfascialus, sp. n. 

 (PI. VI. fig. 36, maxillary palpus. (^ .) 



cJ . Oblong-oval, convex, shining, finely pubescent; ))Iack, 

 the anteunal joints 1-4-, a moderately hroail transverse 

 patch or fascia below the base of each elytron (widened out- 

 wards and not reaching the suture), and the legs (the 

 femora in part excepted) testaceous; head and prothorax 

 almost smooth, the elytra closily, coarsely punctate. Head 

 subtriangnlar, unimpressed, scarcely as wide as the pro- 

 thorax ; anteunie moderately long, ratlier slender, joint 

 elongate, compressed, stout; joints 3 and 4 of maxillarv 

 large, free, sulxpuidrate, 3 sharply angulate at the apex 

 above. Prcjthorax transverse, convex. Elytra rounded at 

 the sides posteriorly. Anterior tarsi simple, 4-jointed. 



? . Head as in ^ ; antenmu shorter, joint 1 shorter and 

 less thickened ; wings present or wanting. 



