1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 149 



with an inner row of punctures, the longitudinal discoidal groove 

 also broadly punctured ; elytra broader than the prothorax, parallel, 

 but slightly more ampliated behind than in H. immaculata, punctato- 

 striate, with the intervals plane, and four punctures on the third 

 interval and three on the fifth, the two posterior ones close together, 

 light testaceous, with a posterior triangular black patch, the apex of 

 which reaches along the suture to nearly half of the length. Length 

 7|- mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hah. Port Natal, teste Chaud. ; Caffraria (no exact locality). 



Hexagonia terminalis, Gemm,, 

 H. tenninata, Dej., Spec. Col., v., p. 289; Lacord., Gen. Atlas, pi. 3, 



fig. 1. 



Head very dark brown, deeply punctured laterally and behind, 

 with a smooth central spot; antennae dark testaceous; prothorax 

 brick-red, cordiform, deeply grooved in the centre, with a few 

 scattered, sometimes confluent punctures ; elytra hardly broader 

 "than the prothorax at its widest, parallel, punctato-striate, the 

 intervals convex, three punctures on the third and one on the apical 

 part of the fifth, brick-red, shining, with a posterior triangular black 

 patch, the apex of which reaches to about one-fourth of the length ; 

 under side and legs testaceous. Length lOJ mm. ; width 3J mm. 



Hab. Mozambique (Eikatla) ; occurs also in Senegal. 



Hexagonia natalensis, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1861, ii., p. 534. 



Eusty red, with the head darker ; smaller and more parallel than 

 jJTceusta ; head a little more quadrate, anterior part of head more 

 punctured ; prothorax similar, and with small distant punctures ; 

 elytra narrower and quite parallel, striated, the third interval with 

 three indistinct punctures, and below the median part an ovate 

 sutural black patch extending as far as the third stria on each side; 

 legs -of the same colour as the elytra. Length 7 J mm. 



Hab. Port Natal, teste Chaud. 



Teibe ODONTOCANTHIDES. 



Ligula adhering partly to the paraglossae, the latter free in the 

 apical part, as long, or longer than the ligula ; head narrowed behind 

 into a distinct neck ; first joint of antennae not longer than the 

 second and third together; prothorax elongated, subfusiform ; elytra 

 subtruncated or incised at the apex ; tarsi slender, similar in both 

 sexes ; claws not pectinate. 



Two genera alone in that tribe are represented in South Africa. 



