1896.] of the. Colcoptera of South Africa. 155 



narrowed in the anterior part, red, shining, punctured, and with a 

 faint, narrow, longitudinal groove in the centre ; elytra elongated, 

 parallel, depressed, deeply punctato-striate, with the intervals plane, 

 dark metallic green from the base to one-fourth of the length, 

 lighter green from there to the median part, and reddish with a 

 violaceous tinge from the middle to the apex ; abdomen greenish 

 black ; legs and tarsi red, with the apical part of the femora black. 

 Length 9 mm. ; width 2^ mm. 

 Hah. Mozambique (Rikatla). 



Stenidia fraterna. 



Light ferruginous-red, with a metallic sheen ; head nearly smooth, 

 bi-impressed in the anterior part ; palpi, the three basal joints of 

 the antennae and one-half of the fourth light red, the other joints 

 slightly infuscated ; prothorax attenuated at the apex, not con- 

 stricted at the base, closely and deeply punctured, and with a 

 narrow, median, longitudinal groove ; elytra elongated, parallel, 

 deeply punctato-striate, with the intervals slightly convex. Length 

 10 mm. ; width 2f-3 mm. 



This species is very closely allied to S. unicolor, BrulL, and may 

 prove to be only a slight variety of that species. S. unicolor is 

 recorded from Senegal. 



Hah. Mozambique (Eikatla). 



Stenidia quadricollis, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1872, p. 410. 



Light ferruginous-red ; head more quadrate than in S. unicolor, a 

 little broader, longer than broad, flatter and nearly straight in the 

 lateral posterior part, w^ith moderately deep and close punctures and 

 without any impression in the anterior part ; the eyes are not very 

 protuberant ; the prothorax is moderately thick, convex, and has a 

 median longitudinal impression ; elytra elongated, very parallel, 

 abruptly truncate at the apex, plane, with the intervals between the 

 striae a little convex. Length 7-|- mm. ; width 2 mm. 



Hah. N'Gamiland. 



Tribe GALEKITIDES. 



Ligula horny ; paraglossae sometimes free, sometimes adhering to 

 the ligula, and seldom longer ; head produced behind in a distinct 

 neck, two supra-orbital setae ; first joint of antenna as long or longer 

 than the head ; elytra truncate at apex ; legs long or moderately 

 long ; tarsi slightly dilated in male ; claws simple, but pectinate in 

 Dendrocellus. Of the thirteen genera included in that tribe by 

 Lacordaire, five are represented in South Africa. 



