South African »S)»<'Ci*«.'» o/ Ilypolitlius. ;{77 



Uypoiithus castaneus, sp. n. 



Length 0^-G.^ mm. ; width 2j-2^ mm. 



Dark ie(hlish brown, hiteral mar;^ius of prothorax and 

 elytra testai*C(jns ; antcniuc, palpi, aiui Icjrs (paU'r) testacooiis 

 yellow; lahriiiu and e[)istonic a shade lij^hter than {^round- 

 colonr. 



J feud smooth or very faintly acicnlatc, fr(;ntal grooves 

 obsoleseent. 



Prothora.v transverse, plane, more than one-third wider 

 tljan long, widest above middle ; as wide at apex as at base, 

 front nearly straightly trnneate, angles ronnded and hardly 

 produced, sides from angles briefly ampliated, thence 

 straiglitly, a little inwardly inclined to |)osterior angles which 

 are snbacutely right ; base shallowly emarginate medially, 

 median line and basal foveje shallow, the latter coarsely, 

 rugosely punctate, the rest of the disc more or less densely 

 aciculate-plicate. 



Eli/tra narrow, elongate, base confluent with prothorax, 

 very little ampliate below shoulder, thence nearly parallel 

 for two-thirds the length, and gently, a little sinuately 

 rounded to apices; depressed above, very deeply striate, the 

 first two or three intervals more or less carinate, punctu- 

 ration nioderately douse and somewhat coarse. Seriate 

 punctures on third, fifth, and seventh intervals. 



The anii)Iiati<)u of prothorax below front angles is briefer 

 than in " dubins" and the sides of elytra are parallel, not at 

 all elliptic; the sculpture is much coarser throughout and 

 colour diflerent. There are seven examples before me for 

 comparison, and the darkest among them is of only a slightly 

 duskier tint of chestnut-brown than its fellows. It can there- 

 fore be safely concluded the coloration is not due to im- 

 maturity. 



Hall. Salisbury, S. Rhodesia, from the Rev. J. A. O'Neil. 

 It is evidently a common species. 



IJypoVithnx j)roj)iiujuiis, sp. n. 



Tjength n,'-7^ mm. ; width 2 ^-'5 mm. 



Head and prothorax piccous to dtep reddish brown; elytra 

 (cxrcj)t cpi pleura*, which are red) black, more or less 

 obscurely iridescent ; beneath deep reddish brown; antennie, 

 labruin, and p:ilpi reddish testaceous ; legs pale tistaeeous 

 yellow. Sides of prothorax broadly, somewhat sulTusedly 

 marjrined with testaceous. 



