Coleopiera from South Africa. 350 



yellow for about four juints at the. \k\av ; palpi Mack; tliorax 

 coinpicsscil laterally, iioiliforin, much constricted aii'l de- 

 prcs.sctl at the base, the basal portion white ; elytra iiillated, 

 very deeply and rather coarsely impressed, with elongate 

 punctures, and with very widely scattered but long upright 

 hairs. Legs long, tarsi all live-jointed, the hinder tarsi 

 especially long. 



I have placed this species provisionally as a Chah'corus 

 because it is clearly allied to and congeneric with ChalicoruH 

 col/aris, Bohcman ; but I have not yet seen any species 

 agreeing with the insect described by Erichson as C. vinulus, 

 which appears to have the elytra not inflated, and therefore 

 1 tliink it doubtful if Boheman's species are to be associated 

 with it. 



This very curious little species is almost as perfect an ant- 

 mimic as the Ceylonese Myrmecospectra. It has altogether 

 the facies of a small ant. The illusion is heightened when 

 the insect is viewed laterally, the pale portion of the thorax 

 then appearing to be a node. 



Three sj)ecimens were sent me by Mr. Marshall, of which 

 1 cannot state the sex. 



Ilapalochrus mashunnx, sp. n. 



Niger, superne obscure cyancus, punnn nitidua, cinereo-pubescens ; 



capite parcius punctate, iiitido; aiiterinis nigris, paullo serratis ; 



prolhorace nitido, ad latera obsolete punctate, ante basiu traus- 



versim imprcsso ; elytris crtberrime coriaceo-pmietatis, corporo 



infra cum pedibua nigro. 

 Long, vix 5 millim. J $ • 

 Ma.^, tibiis anticis apicem versus excisis, intermodiis valdc incras- 



satis, infra medium profunda excisis. 



Ilah. Maslionaland, Salisbury (J/arA7/a//). 



This IJapaluchrus is at once distinguished from any 

 described species by the size, colour, and black antennoe and 

 legs. Very similar species (undcscribed) are in my collection 

 from ^Mozambique and Zanzibar, but differ in not being 

 clothed, as this is, with pubescence, and in the punctuation. 

 The antennae are simj)ly serrate and are nearly alike in both 

 sexes. 



Three specimens, two of them males, were obtained by- 

 Mr. Marshall by sweeping in December 1898. 



Jlapalochrus a-rosus, sp. n. 



Niger, pupcrnc acnens vel cupreomicnns. jmrcius pul csccns ; elytris 

 cuprtis vcl anco-viridiliU8 ; capitc crcbre. prolhorace ad buBin et 



