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COLASPOSOMA PICEITARSE, Sp. n. 



Pale fulvous with sti'ong metallic green lustre, the antenn:e 

 and legs entirely fulvous, the tarsi piceous ; thorax very closely 

 and finely punctured, with rounded sides ; elytra closely and 

 strongly punctured anteriorly, much more finely so towards the 

 apex. 



Length 5-6 millim. 



Head closely and slightly rugosely punctured, metallic gi^een, 

 the sides of the clypeus in the male rather strongly raised, its 

 anterior margin but slightly concave ; labriim and palpi fulvous, 

 the apical joint of the latter piceous ; antennae long and slender, 

 entirely fulvous, the third and fourth joints equal, one-half 

 longer than the second joint ; thorax of even width, the sides 

 strongly i-ounded, narrowly marginate, all the angles acute, the 

 disc convex, closely and finely punctured ; elyti-a with a distinct 

 transverse depression below the base, strongly punctured within 

 the depression and at the sides only, the rest more finely and 

 somewhat regularly punctate ; legs pale fulvous as well as the 

 underside, the latter with strong metallic green gloss, the tarsi 

 piceous. 



Hab. Upper Tongaat, Natal (C. Barker). 



Closely and more nearly allied to C.fulvipes Lef. than to any 

 of its other numerous allies, but I think a distinct species, of 

 which I have seven specimens before me ; the principal distinctive 

 characters are the pale ground-colour (especially when held in 

 certain positions), strongly shot with metallic green, and the 

 nearly black tarsi ; the elytral punctuation also is much finer from 

 the middle downwards than in C fulvipes. C. honvoidoiri Lef. 

 has likewise black tarsi, but is of different general colour and is 

 described as having longitudinal stria? at the sides. 



CoLASPOSOMA CUPRICOLLE Fairm. 



I refer, not without doubt, two specimens, which I received 

 from M. Clavareau, and which were obtained at Mozambique, to 

 this species ; they agree in most respects, but the e\jtv& are 

 purplish with a bluish tint, and the vmderside and legs are 

 violaceous blue ; the elytra, ai-e not dilated at the base as Fairmaire's 

 description says. As to the sex, the authoi", as visual, makes no 

 mention, and as both sexes in Colasposoma are often quite dif- 

 ferently sculptured, it is impossible to know with which of his 

 species to compare a particular foiin ; Fairmaire desciibes his 

 species from Madagascar (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1902, p. 262). 



CoLASPOSOMA ANTENNALE Jac. 



Of this species I have received several specimens from Mr. 

 Barker with the locality Ifafa Mts., Natal; they dififer slightly 

 from the type in having the terminal joints of the antennae more 

 or less piceous. In my description of the species (Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1881, p. 444) I stated that the elytral interstices are transversely 

 rugose thi'oughout, but this is scai-cely correct ; I should have 



