Species of G:\rn.h'u]r(i fi'om South Africa. 4'^ 



ptriro of olytra deep, intervals 



ruised with purinto punctures 



on eitlirr side basiiUy and more 



or les.x densely puncturato over 



the whole surface. Shiny in 



botli sexes ('. (ililiijiidln.-i, sj), n. 



(8). I'rotiiorax trapezoid in both 



sexes, puncturation coarser and 



more scattered ; elytra more 



narrowly elongate, the intervals 



more cariiinte, pnncturatiou at 



bases similar, ridges nearly 



smooth. Very shiny in both 



sexes C. trrijifzieollis, Chaudoir. 



10(1). Kneesi, tibijc and tarsi, and the 



M'cond joints of all the ] aipi 



more or less infuscated. Size 



large (16-17^ mm.), prothorax 



transverse, more rounded from 



middle to apex than in prece- 

 ding species, a little sinuated 



and constricted to posterior 



angles. Shiny in both sexes. . C. er;/throenei)m, Chaudoir. 



Chlauius simulatorius, sp. n. 



Lcnp;th 11-12 mm. 



Black pubescent ; males — prothorax and elytra slii)iy ; 

 females — protl:orax sliiny, elytra subo])aqne. Basal joints 

 of antcnnre and palpi and the whole of the legs light red, 

 the other joints of antenna) and palpi a shade darker. 



Head smooth, aciculate, a little rugose frontally on either 

 side. Antennae long, slender, filiform. 



Prothorax narrow, trapeziform, nearly as long as wide, 

 eniarginate and very declivous in front, the angles sharj) 

 and projecting, only a little less wide at apex than at base, 

 sides very gently ampliated for about one-tiiird their length, 

 thence, except for slight sinuations of the reflexed margins, 

 above hind angles, straight to base ; base shallowly bi- 

 sinuate, median groove deep and not reaching apex or base 

 lateral basal fovese elongate, deep, j)uncturation of disc fine 

 and moderately dense, densest about base and margins. 



Elytra oblong-ovate, short, a little more arapliate in the 

 females than in the males, wider than prothorax at base, 

 shoulders very broadly rounded ; striae — males deep and 

 intervals a little convex, females nearly plane, finelv and 

 densely shagreen-punctate. 



Underside smooth, very shiny, mesosternal parts with 

 shallow punctures or pores, metepisterna rugosely punctu- 

 late, ventral surface acicu hate-punctate about centre and 

 apex, more coarsely and rugosely punctate at sides. 



