140 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



Matabeleland, and Natal. It is certainly strange that among the 

 numerous examples of Calosoma received from these localities I 

 should not have been able to identify C Iwttentotum ; and thus, 

 without absolutely saying that this species is only a sport (C. riogosum 

 varies considerably in shape, size, and coloration), I am inclined to 

 believe that either it is not a South African species or that it is 

 a very rare and much localised species. 



Calosoma senegalense, Dej., 

 Spec. Col., v., p. 562. 



C. mossambicense, Klug, Monatsb. Berl. Ac, 1853, p. 247, Peters' 

 Eeise, 1862, p. 162. 



More or less shining bronze colour on the upper part ; the four 

 basal joints of the antennae black, shining, the others pubescent and 

 slightly rufescent ; head shagreened ; prothorax ampliated in the 

 middle, with the outer sides carinated ; plane impressed laterally 

 near the base, with a fine median longitudinal groove and finely 

 shagreened ; elytra twice broader at the base than the posterior part 

 of the prothorax, a little ampliate behind with the outer sides linear, 

 obliquely rounded in the posterior part, plane in the anterior part 

 but convex in the posterior, narrowly but deeply punctato-striate, 

 with the alternating intervals much raised, but all of them regularly 

 and deeply creased transversely, and having on each side three series 

 of regular shining brassy round spots, and an irregular one on the 

 outer margin ; under side and legs piceous. Length 23-27 mm. ; 

 width 10-13 mm. 



Hah. Damaraland, Mozambique (Tette, teste Klug). 



Calosoma planicolle, Chaud., 



Plate III., fig. 1. 



Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1869, p. 369. 



Black, shining on the upper side and also underneath ; palpi piceous ; 

 four basal joints of antennae also piceous, the others black, pubescent ; 

 head finely shagreened, the lateral impressions in the anterior part 

 very deep ; prothorax hexagonal through the median part of the 

 outer sides, being much ampliated and aculeate, roughly shagreened; 

 the longitudinal median groove very narrow^ ; scutellum very short, 

 triangular ; elytra twice broader at the base than the posterior part 

 of the prothorax, ampliate behind, where they are three times as 

 broad, plane in the anterior part, convex in the posterior, narrowly 

 punctato-striate, with the intervals deeply and regularly creased 

 transversely, and the alternate ones much more raised than the 

 others ; no series of shining brassy spots. 



Much larger than G. senegalense, this species is distinguished by 



