the S. African Sjyecies ')/Dinometopus, (Cr. 3/53 



less iiifuscatc and the tips of the hitter hh-ick ; prothorax, 

 seutellurn, nietastcniuni, and al)doiiien bliiisli-hhick, the 

 sides of" the prothorax l)roadly testaceous (the broad median 

 vitta with an oblique ramus on each side in one example) ; 

 elytra cyancous ; Ie,:;s testaceous, the femora and the posterior 

 tibiie wholly or in jjart bluisli-black. Head broad, sub- 

 triangular, flattened in front, the intraocular space narrowly 

 suleate down the middle, the epistoma limited behind by a 

 deep transverse sulcus, wliich is sometimes interrupted in 

 the centre (fig. 39) ; antennre long, rather stout, joint 1 

 eloujiate, much thickened, hollowed within, and angulate 

 at the inner apical angle; joint 4 of maxillary ])ali)i narrow, 

 subfusiform. Prothorax strongly transverse, rounded at 

 the sides, narrowed posteriorly. Elytra moderately long, 

 closely, finely punctate. Auterior tarsi 4-i()inted. 



$ . Head bluish-black, the epistoma and labrum only 

 testaceous ; anteunfc slightly infuscate (joint 2 excepted), 

 shorter and more slender, joint 1 moderately elongate, 

 simple^ with a dark streak above; palpi as in (5", slightly 

 infuscate ; wings presc^nt. 



Length 2 {-3 mm. 



Hab. S. Afric-a, Cape Town (A. Raffray and L. Peringuey : 

 A/us. Cape Town). 



Ten examples, including five males. Smaller than C. basi- 

 cornis, Fairm. (=pif/tecus, Ab.), the legs partly testaceous, 

 the prothorax more transverse; the (^ with the inter-ocular 

 portion of the head flattened (not excavate), the face whitish 

 and deeply transversely suleate, and tlie basal joint of the 

 autennre hollowed within and angulate at the tip. Au 

 apterous $ from the same locality may belong here? 



IIOMOEODIPNIS. 



Jlomocodipnis, Duval, Glanures lOiit. i. p. 47 (1859-18C0); Geii. Col. 



Europ. iii.p. 178 (]859-18ti3). 

 Colotes, Er., subiren. Homaodipnis, Uuv., Abtille de Pemn, Ann. Soc. 



Ent. Er. 1890;' pp. 2o7, L'o8. 



The type of this genus or subgenus, H. javeti, Duv., of 

 the ^Mediterranean Kegion, is a small insect nearly related 

 to Coluies, Er., type C. mucu/aius, Cast. {trhwta(us,Lr.) , with 

 simple maxillary paljii in the two sexes. A S. African 

 insect, M'ith the head excavate in front in the c? and the 

 iourth joint of the palpi slender in the tMO sexes is referred 

 to it, this species having the third antennal joint very 

 jiecuiiarly shaped in the male. The ? is inseparable from 

 Colotes. 



