1892.] of the Goleoptera of South Africa. 21 



on the Western side (Senegal and Guinea), one in Kordofan, and three 

 on the Eastern side (Massai, Somaliland, and Mombassa). 



M. REGALis. Bohem. 



Insect. Caffr. 1, 1848, p. 2. 

 Thomson's Monogr. d. Cicind., p. 21, pi. 4, fig. 3, 

 pi. 1, fig. 2. 



Brassy-green, palpi and mandibles at the base, antennae, legs, with 

 the exception of the knees of the intermediate and posterior pairs, and 

 the last three abdominal segments yellowish ; elytra dark-bloe on the 

 dorsal part, violaceous on the sides, and with the outer margin yel- 

 lowish-red ; labrum six-dented, with six rigid bristles ; head broad, 

 smooth, with a few lateral bristles and a semi-arcuated impression on 

 each side above the labrum ; prothorax not broader than the head, 

 narrowed in front and behind, the central part rotund, with a deep, 

 narrow groove in the centre, the outer sides with a double diverging, 

 acute margin not produced in a spine at the basal angles^ ; elytra 

 oblong, a little broader in the posterior part than at the base, very 

 convex, with the suture depressed, and covered with very conspicuous' 

 closely set granules, oblong on the back, round on the sides and apical 

 part, and from the interstices of which spring light brown bristles ; 

 the anterior part of the disk has a nearly smooth line reaching from a 

 little below the base to about the centre, and better defined in the male 

 than in the female. 



Length, 26-27 ; width, lO-ll'"'™- 



Mr. E. G. Alston has captured some examples, running in the day- 

 time in a trench, or water-furrow, after a shower of rain. 



Transvaal (Klerksdorp), Bechuanaland (Kuruman), Maghaliesberg 

 and Lake N'Gami, teste Boheman. 



^In the figure of regalis as given by Thomson in his Monograph, the lateral 

 margins of the prothorax form two projecting teeth ; while this angle is noticeable 

 on one male example from Shoshong, although not so much developed as in 

 Thomson's figure, it is entirely absent in two other male specimens from Klerksdorp. 



