;3G4 



:\Ir. C. N. Barker on 



pnnotnros on third and fifth only. 



One of each sex //. different, sp. n. 



.'52 (.'31). Length 11 mm.; width 4 mm. Black 



with a greenish iridescent tinge to 



elytra; legs and two first joints of 



antenuffi tlavous, the remainder of 



latter ferruginous. Juxta-sutural 



intervals of elvtra convex and sub- 



cariuate. No seriate punctures on 



intervals (^vide description, Trans. S. 



Afr. Phil. Soc. vol. vii. p. 435) *//. mtei/er, Per. 



33(31). Length 7^-7^ mm.; width 3 mm. Black, 



very shiny, faintly iridescent ; legs, 



antennfe, mouth-parts, and margins 



of prothorax testaceous yellow. Pro- 

 thorax : shape similar, more de- 

 clivous at front angles, anteriorly 



f^xintly aciculate, lateral basal im- 

 pressions densely punctnlate. Shape 



of elytra similar, striae fine, intervals 



broad and plane JI. duhhis, sp. n. 



34 (38). Protiiorax more abruptly anipliated 



below front angles, obliquely and 

 ver}' slightly narrowed to base ; base 

 and apex about equal iu width ; 

 elytra parallel-sided. 



35 (36). Length 6i-6| mm. ; width 2^-2^ mm. 



Dark red-brown ; legs, antenufe, 

 mouth-parts, and margin pale testa- 

 ceous yellow. Prothorax verj' trans- 

 verse, more than \ wider than long ; 

 elytra more slender and depressed ; 

 aciculation and puncturation of pro- 

 thorax and elytra coarser; spaced 

 punctures on third, fifth, and seventh 

 intervals. Many of both sexes .... H. castaneus, sp. n. 



30 (3o). Length 6^-7^ mm. ; width 2^-3 mm. 

 Black, with prothorax and head 

 piceous, the former suffusedly testa- 

 ceou.s-margined. Legs testaceous 

 yellow, antennae b shade dee])er. 

 Elytra more or less iridescent. I'lo- 

 thorax similar, a trifle wider, acicu- 

 lation and puncturation finer. Elytra 

 elongate, as broad as base of pro- 

 thorax, striation and puncturation 

 less coarse ; seriate punctures simi- 

 larly placed. Many of both sexes . . 



37 (36). Length 6J mm. ; width 2^ mm. Black, 

 elytra iridescent; margins of pro- 

 thiuax, elytra, and suture of Litter 

 for a short distance above apex 

 yellowish to reddish testaceous. Pro- 

 thorax as in " castaneus " a little less 

 wide. Sculpture a little finer, seriate 

 punctures similarly disposed. One 

 male and one female H. ttirbatus, Per. ? 



TI. 2^i'opinquns, sp. n. 



