1892.] of ihe Cohoptem of South Africa. 37 



the South African ones. I saw, however, in De Chaudoir's collection 

 two examples under the catalogue name natahnsis which I could not 

 differentiate from nitidula, and one of them labelled "Natal, don. Hope,' 

 and also *^ Natala. Eeich." 



G. Nitidula is common in Senegal, and occurs also on the Guinea 

 coast. 



C. Natalensis, Pering. 



Transact. S. Afric. Philos. Soc, 1888, p. 69. 



Labrum short, transverse, slightly tri-dentate in the anterior part, 

 yellowish- white ; two small setigerous punctures on each side of the 

 median tooth, and one in the outer angle ; head and prothorax bronzy- 

 green, very shining, the latter short, with the dorsal lobes very convex ; 

 elytra parallel, slightly convex, closely but not deeply punctured, 

 yellowish -white with a broad, sinuated bronze patch extending on the 

 suture from the base to two-thirds of the length, and on each elytron a 

 humeral arcuated ramus uniting with this sutural band, a median, 

 oblique one with the upper part very thickened uniting also with the 

 sutural band, and a diagonal ramus thickened at both ends ; underside 

 bright metallic green with the apical abdominal segments yellowish-red ; 

 tibise pale yellow. 



Length, 12 ; width, 4J'""^- 



Very distinct from any other South African species, 



Transvaal (Boksburg). 



SECTION B. 



C. QUADRiGUTTATA, Wiedem. 



Germ. Mag. Entom. lY., p. 116, 



C. COERULESCENS. Klug. Jahi'b. 1, p. 29. 



C. ROTUNDICOLLIS. Dej. Spec. 1, p 56. 



Green or reddish-bronze, sub-opaque on the upper part, under- 

 side of thorax and pectus golden green ; abdomen dark-blue ; 



