SoKth African Species of \\y\io\\{\\\\!^. 



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eschiri, Dej. 

 saponarius, Oliv. 



on alternato intorvnlsof dorsum Ha- 



Vl'sfi'llt ; bclH'Htll picHOUS ; Ulltt'IlIliU, 



jmlpi, Ih^s, niid protliorax llaTosceiit, 



the hitter with an iufiiscate patcli on 



the niiihlU' basal area 



9 (8). Len^tli 12 13 mm., width o mm. Colour 



and iiattcrn siuiilar, infuscate part.s 



of fivtra iridescent (vUle 'I'rans. 8. 



Afr. iMiil. 8oc. vol. viii. p. A:V2) 



10 (15). Head and prothorax more remotely 



punctate, tlie latter short, widest 



above middle, more or less siuuately 



attenuated to base. 

 11(12). Leiififth 7-H mm.; width 2^-3? mm. 



Testaceous yellow; liead, prothorax, 



and beneath darker, more reddish ; 



two loufritudinal vittie (S(>nietime3 



absent) on thorax, and a broad scu- 



tellar band from base, but not reach- 

 ing ajjex, leneous black. Prothorax 



not much siuuately contracted to 



base, which is about as wide as apex. //. audens, P^r. 



12 (11). Description (iiK/t- Annals S. Afr. Mas. 



vol. V. p. 277) agrees with that of 

 " aiuleiiK,"' except that the abdomen 

 is stated to be black. A very doubt- 

 ful species //. cruentulus, Y*€x 



13 (14). Length 9 mm.; width 3| mm. Black ; 



elytra metallic blue-black; antennne, 

 palpi, pruthoracic margins, and legs 

 reddish testaceous. I lead and pro- 

 thorax moderately closely punctate. 

 Obsolete seriate punctures on inter- 

 vals 3 and 5 of elytra. Uoth sexes . 



14 (13). Length 8j mm.; width 2f mm. Simi- 



larly coloured, much narrower and 



more depressed ; prothorax more 



attenuated to base, subcordiform. 



Puncturatiou of head and prothorax 



deeper and more remote. Seriate 



punctures on intervals 3, 5, and 



sometimes on 7. Females only .... 

 15. Length 7| ram. ; width 3 mm. Pale 



te.staceous brown. Legs, antennas, 



and palpi Havescent ; head and pro- 

 thorax metallic-glossed ; elytra, ex- 

 cept narrow margins and soma 



tessellated spots of" ground-colour, 



deep brown. Prothorax ver}' sliort, 



subcordiform, hind anijles acute. 



Puncturation of head and prothorax 



fine, dense. The proper place for 



this species is very doubtful, and no 



near allies are known to me. Two 



females only //. $trenuus, PtSr. 



16 (25). Prothorax not or a little wider at base 



than at apex. Head and prothorax. 



II. punctuhttus, Roh. 



//. teyiuistimus, sp. n. 



