Species o/Caiabicla3/ro/n South Africa. 40 



elytral pattern assimilates to that of sex-pustulatus in the 

 more regular, less jagged outline of the spots fbrmii)g 

 the pattern iiiul in the eoraplete absence of tlie postmedian 

 dots on the third intervals. 



J-)escril)ed from a single male example, exact locality not 

 recorded, but from the vicinity of Durban. There is a 

 second example at the British Museum labelled " Umbilo, 

 Natal (Hell-Marley), teste H. E. Andrewes," who has com- 

 pared it for me with type. 



Callistomimus obsciirus, sp. n. 



Size and shape of C. aryicenus, Per. 



Head, the centre parts of the frons excepted, whicli is 

 suffused with metallic blue-black, the antennai (all but first 

 two joints), the labrum, and mandibles red-brown. Pro- 

 thorax testaceous red ; first three joints (the third darker) 

 of anteniicc and the palpi reddisli-testaceous. Legs pale 

 testaceous, with knees and apices of tibifo and tarsi 

 iufuscated. 



Elytra black ; a small ill-defined subhumeral spot between 

 the fifth and seventh striae, a narrow transverse postmedian 

 patch between the fourth to eighth stria.' and a juxta-median 

 spot on third interval obscurely yellow ; prosternum reddish 

 testaceous, pectus and abdomen piecous. 



Head and prothorax closely rugosely punctulate, not 

 perceptibly pubescent ; the latter cordiform, a little shiny 

 and convex, lateral margins narrowly retiexed, sharply 

 incised above and below the acute posterior angles, median 

 part of base produced and squarely truncated ; lateral basal 

 foveae and median groove broadly defined. 



Elytra short-ovate, convex, about one-third longer than 

 wide, very briefiy pubescent, striate, intervals plane and 

 densely shagreened. 



The constriction above and sharp incision below the outer 

 basal angle, together with the marked extension of the base, 

 give a characteristic appearance to this species. As in 

 C. amcenus, there is no trace of yellow along the lateral 

 margins of the elytra, but the apices are narrowly margined 

 with yellow, which widens into a small spot on either side 

 of the suture. 



Described from a single example taken by me September 

 1897. 



Hub. Lower Unkomaas River, Natal. 



Callistomimus elegans, Boh., and Callistomiinus guttatus, Chd. 

 The patterns of the above-named species appear to be 

 An)i. (Ss Mag. N. IJist. Ser. 9. VvL ix. 4 



