262 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on CoUoptera 



^ . — Above dark brown, with faint seneous or cyaneous tint, 

 the margins of the thorax and elytra coppery. Thorax with 

 the median channel narrow elliptical, densely punctured (not 

 coppery). The surface on each side of this channel extremely 

 finely and delicately punctured ; all the lateral region 

 coarsely punctured ; the punctures crowded together towards 

 the sides, smaller and rounder than in grandis. Elytra 

 rather more dilated behind the humeral sinuosity than in 

 grandis, the suture and first and second interstices smooth at 

 the base, the first punctured beyond the middle, the punc- 

 tures crowded but so arranged at the apex that there is a 

 tendency to leave fine carinse ; the second interstice slightly 

 costiform and smooth almost to the apex. The remaining 

 interstices densely punctured, the punctures smaller and 

 closer than in grandis, the third and fifth interstices almost 

 obliterated by the punctuation. 



? . — Bright golden grc en. Thorax with the median channel 

 golden, the smooth surface slightly tinted with cyaneous. 

 Elytra with the suture cyaneous, the colour becoming golden 

 on the disk. The margins bright coppery. The punctuation 

 throughout is rather less dense than in the male. 

 Long. 14-17 mm. 

 Hab. ''Afrique or. mer.^' S ; "Afrique, S.E.^' ? . '^Heyne." 



Acmaeodera aureolimbata, Boliem. 



Acmaodera Sohemani, Kerr. 



The Museum has a specimen of this species from Mr. 

 Saunders' collection marked as compared with type. It is 

 a female. 



Acmteodcra natalensis, Kerr. 



The type of this species is a trifle shorter than the one 

 just mentioned as aureolimbata, but I much doubt it being 

 distinct. 



Acmceodera Jamesi, sp. n. 



Oblong, rather broad, golden green, shining. Elytra with 

 the second interstice broad and nearly flat, almost smooth ; 

 the fourth and sixth slightly raised, with a few punctures ; 

 the third and fifth closely punctured at the basal half, with 

 a single line of punctures at the apex. Body beneath dark 

 steel-blue. 



Long. 13 mm. 



Hab. Somali (F. L. ^ W. D. James). 



