36 M. L. Peringueifs Descriptive Catalogue [Nov. 30, 



the suture reaching from the base to about two -thirds of the length ; 

 three oblique rami and a supra marginal patch, bronze or brassy : the 

 humeral ramus is a little arcuated, and coalesces with the longitudinal 

 band in the same way as the median one, which is broadly triangular 

 at the top; the third one, longer than the others, is very much 

 thickened at both ends, and the postical patch is situated between the 

 outer margin and the apical thickened part of the postical ramus ; 

 underside bright metallic green. 



Length, 9-9^ ; width, ^-S"^*""' 



A species with a wide distribution in Africa. 



Recorded in South-Africa from Delagoa Bay (Rikatla) on the 

 eastern side, and Sandwich Harbour, a little north of Namaqualand on 

 the west, but so far from no intermediate inland place. 



C. NITIDULA, Dej. 



Spec. I., p. 120. 

 Lucas. Expl. Alger., p. 7, t. 1, fig. 5 a. 

 C, CAPENSIS. var. Oliv. Entom. II., 33, p. 19, pi. 2, fig. 19, a.c. 



Labrum transverse, very slightly sinuated in front, without any 

 median tooth, but with five setigerous punctures on each side : head 

 and prothorax pilose ; elytra elongated, with the shoulders rounded, not 

 much broader than the prothorax at the base, and very slightly 

 ampliated behind, white, the suture with a fine brassy line, and a 

 longitudinal dorsal band near the suture ; three diagonal rami and a 

 supra marginal, postical patch on each elytron, golden or reddish- 

 bronze ; the bands and spots are arranged like those of Nilotica. 



Length 12-13 ; width, 4-4p*"^- 



The shape of the elytra differentiates this species from the preceding 

 one ; they are narrower with the shoulders rounded, while in nilotica 

 the humeral angles are sharp, and the elytra sub-quadrate ; the dorsal 

 rami are also more perpendicular in nitidula, owing to the narrowness 

 of the elytra. 



It is not without some hesitation that I include this species among 



