﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  621 
  

  

  abdominal 
  segments 
  shining, 
  glabrous 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  transverse 
  row 
  

   of 
  setigerous 
  punctures 
  ; 
  mesosternum 
  closely 
  foveolato-punctate, 
  

   slightly 
  hairy, 
  and 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  very 
  long, 
  aculeate 
  process 
  ; 
  

   claws 
  of 
  anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  tarsi 
  with 
  a 
  tooth 
  underneath. 
  

  

  Length 
  17^-19^ 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  8J-9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Transvaal 
  (Eustenburg, 
  Lydenburg), 
  Natal 
  (Durban), 
  also 
  

   German 
  East 
  Africa 
  and 
  Zanzibar. 
  

  

  The 
  examples 
  from 
  Durban, 
  Natal, 
  have 
  red 
  femora. 
  The 
  colour 
  

   of 
  this 
  handsome 
  insect 
  is 
  very 
  variable. 
  Herr 
  F. 
  Ohaus 
  (Stett. 
  Ent. 
  

   Zeit., 
  1898, 
  p. 
  3), 
  admits 
  even 
  of 
  varieties 
  which 
  he 
  names 
  respec- 
  

   tively, 
  nigrocyanea 
  for 
  examples 
  from 
  Loangwa 
  Eiver 
  (Barotse- 
  

   landj, 
  rufipennis 
  from 
  Mashonaland, 
  and 
  opalina 
  from 
  Usambara. 
  

   He 
  retains 
  the 
  variety 
  cyanea, 
  Blanch., 
  for 
  examples 
  from 
  Dar 
  es 
  

   Salam. 
  But 
  some 
  examples 
  from 
  there 
  and 
  also 
  from 
  Zanzibar, 
  

   which 
  I 
  saw, 
  or 
  I 
  own, 
  are 
  much 
  greener 
  than 
  those 
  from 
  the 
  

   Transvaal 
  or 
  Natal. 
  

  

  Phjenomeris 
  magnifica, 
  Hope, 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLIIL, 
  fig. 
  33. 
  

  

  Trans. 
  Zoolog. 
  Soc, 
  1825, 
  p. 
  98, 
  pi. 
  xiii., 
  fig. 
  6. 
  

  

  ? 
  P. 
  rufipennis, 
  Brancs. 
  Jahr. 
  Ver. 
  Trencs., 
  xix., 
  1897, 
  p. 
  117. 
  

  

  Similar 
  in 
  shape 
  to 
  P. 
  besckei, 
  and 
  very 
  much 
  rarer 
  in 
  South 
  Africa 
  

   than 
  this 
  species, 
  but 
  differing 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  characters 
  : 
  head 
  and 
  

   clypeus 
  golden 
  bronze, 
  much 
  more 
  roughly 
  scabrose, 
  the 
  former 
  is 
  

   much 
  less 
  rounded 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part, 
  and 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  is 
  

   more 
  renexed 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  cover 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  but 
  

   are 
  more 
  scattered 
  and 
  finer 
  in 
  the 
  discoidal 
  part, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  

   restricted 
  to 
  a 
  narrow 
  longitudinal 
  space 
  along 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  

   the 
  scute! 
  lum 
  is 
  plainly 
  punctulate, 
  and 
  is 
  only 
  very 
  slightly 
  emarginate 
  

   laterally 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  whereas 
  in 
  P. 
  besckei 
  the 
  sinuation 
  there 
  is 
  

   conspicuous 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  the 
  sharp, 
  tectiform 
  costse 
  are 
  deeply 
  and 
  

   somewhat 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  examples 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  the 
  

   elytra 
  are 
  hyacinthine 
  pink, 
  and 
  the 
  pygidium 
  also, 
  but 
  the 
  suture 
  

   and 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  pygidium 
  are 
  either 
  more 
  violaceous 
  or 
  iridescent 
  

   pale 
  blue, 
  and 
  the 
  punctures 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  much 
  

   more 
  scattered 
  and 
  less 
  numerous 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  

   have 
  the 
  same 
  hue 
  as 
  the 
  elytra. 
  The 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  genital 
  armature 
  

   differs 
  very 
  little 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  P. 
  besckei. 
  

  

  Length 
  18 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hope's 
  description, 
  as 
  amended 
  by 
  Burmeister, 
  applies 
  very 
  well 
  

   to 
  this 
  species, 
  the 
  metallic 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  being, 
  however, 
  

   less 
  glowing 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  