28 M. L. Peringuey's Descriptive Catalogue [Nov. 30, 



This locality is beyond what I consider to be the limit of the South- 

 African Coleopterous fauna. It is not far, however, and as no exact 

 locality is given, it is possible that this species occurs also in Northern 

 Ovampoland. 



Gen. CICINDELA. Linn. 



Syst. Natur. 11, 1735, p. 657. 



Mentum with the median tooth strong and sharp, palpi slender, the 

 ultimate ones sub-cylindrical and blunt at the tip ; labrum not covering 

 the mandibles entirely, either sinuated in the anterior part and with 

 three more or less obsolete teeth ; or convex in the centre and with one, 

 three or five very sharp teeth in the centre, having always some setiger 

 punctures in the anterior margin ; head strigose ; eyes very prominent ; 

 antennae filiform ; the four basal joints shining, the others opaque and 

 briefly pubescent ; prothorax short, deeply impressed transversely in 

 front and behind, and longitudinally in the centre ; elytra broader at 

 the base than the prothorax ; seldom deeply pitted ; generally brassy or 

 dark bronze with a glowing-red tinge, and dark or greenish-blue on the 

 underside and legs ; they are winged, and the legs are long and slender. 



Species of a genus distributed all over the globe must perforce have 

 undergone some modifications which have led to to the creation of 

 several genera, the characters of which are not very satisfactory ; 

 owing, however, to diflPerences in the general facies, I propose to 

 divide the South African species in four sub-genera :— 



1. Labrum transverse, arched in the centre, strongly tri-dented at the 



apex, mandibles very long ; elytra short, much ampliated, very 

 flat on the upper part ; legs short. Eueymorpha. Hope. 



2. Labrum narrow or sub -triangular ; uni or tri-dented at the tip ; 



elytra very little convex, serrated behind and the suture ending in 

 a short spine. Oicindela. Linn. 



8. Labrum narrow, convex, five-dented at the tip ; prothorax narrow, 

 elongated ; elytra sub-cylindrical, not serrated behind. 



EuRYODA. Lacord, 



