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



black in the centre and broadly edged with yellow; prothorax 



plicated obliquely, long, cylindrical ; elytra ampliated past the middle, 



with apical spines of the suture very short, deeply foveated from 



the base to the middle with the postical part closely shagreened; and 



each one has a slightly raised line, parallel to the suture and reaching 



the middle, and also an inconspicuous, short, narrow white line near 



the apex. 



Length, 21; width, er*'"- 



I have nob seen the male of this species. 



Middle Limpopo (Neighbourhood of Fort Tuli). 



M. POLYHiEMOiT>ES. Bates. 



Ent. Month. Magaz., 1892, p. 286. 



M. HOLUBI. Dohrn. 



Stett. Ent. Zeit. XLI[., p. 318. 



Black with a brassy tinge, dark-blue underneath; head strigose, 

 labrum black with a broad white central patch in the male, and a 

 narrow line in the female; prothorax not very long, cylindrical, 

 plicated obliquely ; elytra oblongo-ovate, very little ampliated past 

 the middle, apical sutural spines of the male long and sharp, those of 

 the female very short, almost obtuse; they are broadly foveated 

 from the base to three-fourths of their length, and closely shagreened in 

 the postical part; each one has five slightly sinuated raised lines 

 edging the foveae (which have a bright golden tinge) also a 

 narrow basal white band parallel and close to the suture, not reaching 

 the median part of the elytron, and an elongated apical patch of the 

 same colour extending on both sides of the suture. 



Length, 21-22; 5-6^""'"' 



Middle Limpopo (neighbourhood of Fort Tuli). 



M. Mauchi. Bates. 



Ent. Month. Magaz., 1872, p. 287. 

 M. Oatesi. Westw. Gates' Matabeleland, 1881, p. 359, pi. G. fig. 5. 



Black, opaque on the upper part, shining underneath ; head strigose, 



