1892.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. ' 39 



very slightly convex, hardly ampliated past the middle in the female, 

 rugose near the base, punctulated behind, each elytron with a small, 

 round, yellow patch in the centre of the base, another one close to the 

 suture at about the middle, a humeral diagonal ramus, one short, 

 median ramus produced behind in a broad curved line the point of 

 which, slightly inflated, reaches nearly the suture, a small round dot 

 near the outer margin, often connected with the thickened apical 

 end of the median ramus, and a narrow triangular patch in the apical 

 margin ; underside glowing-red ; the abdomen dark-blue. 



Length, 12-13 ; width, 5-5^ 



m.m. 



Banks of ponds or ditches, sandy paths. Found throughout the 

 year, but scarce in May and June. 



Cape Colony (neighbourhood of Cape Town, Worcester). 



Var. ^"AMAQUA. 



Shape of type-form, although more robust, and marked alike, but 

 the elytra are brassy, and the dorsal bands and spots nearly twice as 

 broad. 



Length, 12-14; width, 4^6'""^* 



Cape Colony (apparently restricted to Little Namaqualand (O'okiep. 

 Sept). 



Var. TENUiPiCTA, Ohaud. 



0. TENUIPICTA. Chand. Bull. Mosc, 1837, VII., p. 6. 



Shape, size and colouring of lurida, but the dorsal bands are very 

 narrow, and the spots very small ; the humeral ramus is interrupted 

 in the middle, and the median round spot close to the suture is 



wanting. 



Length, 1 2 ; width, 4^'"-""- 

 Cape Colony (Riversdale, Knysna). 



