neio genera and species of Ilalticince. 1G7 



groove ; clypeiis coarsely rugose-punctate ; carina linear ; 

 encarpjB obsolete ; antennas rather more than half the 

 length of the body, four lower joints rufo-piceous, the rest 

 black. Thorax nearly three times as broad as long ; sides 

 nearly straight and parallel at the base, thence converging 

 and slightly rounded to the apex ; anterior angle thickened, 

 produced into an obtuse tooth, hinder angle nearly rect- 

 angular, acute ; upper surface transversely convex, rather 

 deeply impressed with moderate-sized punctures, their 

 interspaces smooth and shining, impunctate. Scutellum 

 semirotundate. Elytra broader than the thorax, oblong, 

 convex, strongly punctate-striate ; interspaces distinctly 

 punctured, plane on the inner disk, slightly convex on 

 the sides and apex, faintly wrinkled here and there below 

 the base. 



Similar in form and size to C. chalcea, v. Harold, but 

 differing in the presence of the two short perpendicular 

 grooves at the base of the thorax, together with the dif- 

 ferent coloration of the antennas and legs. 



Ch(sto enema Wollastoni. 



Ovata, convexa, cuprea, nitida, antennis pedibusque 

 rufo-piceis, illis extrorsum femoribusque piceis ; capite 

 thoraceque sat fortiter, minus remote punctatis ; elytris sat 

 fortiter punctato-striatis, interstitio primo confuse punctato. 



Long. \\ lin. 



Hab. — Cape of Good Hope. 



Head subtrigonate, strongly punctured, encarpas and 

 carina entirely obsolete ; vertex broad, separated from the 

 eyes and lower face by an ill-defined sutural line ; labrum 

 nigro-piceous ; antenna about half the length of the body, 

 slender, five outer joints piceous. Thorax nearly twice 

 as broad as long at the base; sides rounded and converging 

 from the base to the apex, anterior angles slightly pro- 

 duced, obtuse ; surface deeply but not very closely punc- 

 tured, interspaces shining, impunctate. Elytra strongly 

 punctate-striate; interspaces smooth, impunctate, first in- 

 terspace next the suture irregularly punctured. 



Chatocnema ■persica. 



Elongata, postice paullo attenuata, convexa, cuprea, 

 nitida, subtus obscurior, pedibus (femoribus jiosticis ex- 

 ceptis) antennisque fulvis, his seepe extrorsum infuscatis ; 



