1905.] SOUTH- AFRICAN COLEOPTERA, 275 



Var., capite, antennis,palpis, elytris tosque adfasciamp>osteriorp,m, 

 corpore suhtus cum pedihus rufo-ferrugineis. 



Hah. Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony [Brauns). 



Anteniife as in T. j^ectoralis, but less robust, the two basal joints 

 stout, the intermediate joints longer than wide, the three apical 

 forming a lax club. The thorax is notably shorter than in 

 T. jiectoralis and of a different form, being much more narrowed 

 towards the base ; its disk is also roughly punctured and uneven, 

 finely pubescent with long hairs, but neither it nor the elytra are 

 so thickly pubescent as in T. pectoralis. The elytra are black, or, 

 as in the variety, red to the second fascia. The fascise are raised 

 and ivory-white, not clothed with silky- white hairs (as they are 

 in T. jjectoraUs), but clear shining white ; the anterior one is 

 shortened, so as to leave a space at the suture equal to its own 

 length, nor does it reach the margin. 



There are two examples of the type form and two of the variety. 



NoTOSTENUS Spinola. 

 JSfotostenus Schenk. I.e. p. 114. 



NoTOSTENUS viRiDis Thvui. Nov. Ins. vol. i. p. 9 (1784). 

 Hah. Algoa Bay [Bra-mis). 



MeLYRIDjE. 



Anthocomus Erichs. 

 Anthocomus coriaceus, sp. n. 



Breviter oblongus, nigei', obscure stihviridescens, longe puhescens; 

 capite prothoraceque nitidis., hoc prqfunde parce punctatus : 

 elytris coriaceis ; antennis (apice exceptis), tihiis tarsisque 

 ferrugineis. Long. 4 millim. 



Hah. Bothaville, Orange R. Colony [Brauns). 



Black, densely clothed with long black pubescence. Head and 

 thorax shining, the former veiy closely and finely, the latter very 

 sparsely punctured. Clothed all over with long fine hairs. The 

 mouth, palpi, antennae (excepting the extreme tip), the tibite, and 

 tarsi are ferruginous red. The elytra are little shining, coriaceous, 

 tubercles obscurely in rows and but little elevated, being rather 

 uniform all over their surface. There is a slight greenish, but 

 hardly perceptible, tint over the whole upper surface ; the body 

 beneath is quite black. As there are only two specimens, and I 

 cannot distinguish the sexes, it is impossible to say if this is a true 

 Anthoco7mis. The lamellse of the tarsi are about as long as the claws. 



Hedybius Erichson. 

 Hedybius sculpticeps, sp. n. 



Nigro-suhccendeus ; capite [basi excepta), antennis {articidis extus 

 et ajncem versus nigro notatis), prothorads margine, pedibus 



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