36 ^fi". (-'. N. Baikcv on neiv 



thence broadly rounded to apex, deeply striatc-punctatc, 

 intervals convex, densely, eonfusedly punetulate, sparsely 

 elotlicd with long yellowish pubescence and, on either side, 

 a broad transverse orange-yellow subhunicral patch more or 

 less indented beneath, reaching a little obiiciuely downwards 

 from the lateral margin to the second interval ; a second 

 much smaller, but variable in size, subapical, oval patch 

 between the third and seventh stria}. 



In its nu)re elongate shape, long slender antenna-, palpi, 

 legs, and tarsi this insect agrees well with Bate's definition 

 of Dischissus, but this genus is described as having the 

 anterior and intermediate tarsi bilobate, which is certainly 

 not the case with e/er/ans, in which they are the same as iu 

 Microcosmus, a little emarginate or incised. In the shape 

 of the prothorax elegans approximates to M. aurantiacus, 

 did., but the constriction to base is much more pronounced, 

 and the elytra are also comparatively shorter. 



Described from three examples, all taken at light. 



Hab. Natal : Durban and Isispingo. 



Tribe C u l vE n t i n i . 



Chlanius incandescens, sp. n. 



Length 14 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Mead and prothorax glow ing metallic red with some green 

 reflections in certain lights ; labrura, i)alpi, antennaj, and 

 legs reddish brown ; elytra opaque black ; underside black 

 and shiny ; pubescent above and beneath. 



head (Old neck elongate, very shallowly plicate-punctate 

 laterally and basally, vertex almost smooth, a few coarse 

 punctures on either side of the two frontal fovea;, which 

 are sliallowly connected with a third subveitieal fovea and 

 together form an ill-defined V ; palpi long, slender, and 

 cylindrical ; antenncB filiform. 



Prothorax cordiform, a little convex, declivous on either 

 side to apical angles, which hardly project, posterior 

 angles acutely rectangular, base and ajjcx straight, lateral 

 fovcic deep and curving outwartls, a well-defined transverse 

 imjjression a little above base and extending on eitiier side 

 to the lateral margins, the median groove deep, commencing 

 in a short transverse sulcus a little below apex and termi- 

 nating at its juncture with the transverse basal impression, 

 lugosely plicate-punctate, sparsely pubescent, the })unctures 

 below tiie subbasal impression denser and deeper, and the 

 pubescence longer. 



