1892.] of the GoUoptera of South Africa, 61 



connected together by a very narrow marginal whitish line ; underside 

 clothed laterally with white hairs. 



Length, 9 ; width, 3i""-"'- 



A very distinct species without any ally known to me in South- 

 Africa. 



Delagoa Bay (Rikatla). 



SECTION I. 



Each elytron witli a broad marginal band ; band very broad, 

 the median ramus not much directed backwards : pudibundi. 



Band narrower, median ramus very slender, nearly always in- 

 terrupted : marginella. 



Band broad, median ramus wide, diagonal : intersita. 



Band narrow, interrupted in the posterior part, median ramus 

 slender : intempestiva . 



Band moderately broad, no median ramus : inanis. 



Band broader than in any of the allied species, the median 

 ramus diagonal : longula. 



C. PUDiBUNDA. Bohem. 



Of vers. Vet. Ac. Forh. 1860, p. 5. 



Metallic green, moderately shining on the upper part, underside of 

 pro thorax and pectus glowiug red, abdomen dark-blue, legs golden 

 green, basal joints of palpi, mandibles (apex excepted) and labrum 

 yellowish-white, the latter slightly tri-dentate at the apex, with the 

 median tooth more pronounced than the others, and with three 

 setigerous punctures on each side ; antennae with the four basal joints 

 golden green, the others rufescent ; head strigose ; prothorax short, the 

 sides with decumbent white hairs ; elytra elongated, very little 

 ampliated behind, deplanated, closely punctured, the punctures dark- 

 blue, and having each a broad, yellowish marginal band emitting three 

 hook-like fascias ; the first one in the anterior part is short, reaching 

 about the centre of the disk, the second, a median one, is not longer 



