158 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



Drypta nigripennis, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1877, p. 262. 

 D. ijlagiata, var. nigripennis, Chaud., I.e. 



Head, palpi, and prothorax pale red ; antennae rufescent, with the 

 apical part of the first and third joints infuscated ; head and 

 prothorax briefly pubescent, closely punctured, the latter a little am- 

 pliated in the middle, constricted behind, and with a median narrow 

 groove and a depression in the anterior part of the disk ; elytra 

 twice as broad as the prothorax at the base, ampliated behind from 

 about the middle, very slightly convex, deeply punctato-striate, with 

 the intervals convex and finely punctulated, briefly pubescent, dark 

 green, with a narrow pale-red margin running on each side from the 

 base to the apex of the suture ; metasternum and abdomen dark 

 green, pubescent ; legs yellowish red, and occasionally with the 

 tibiae infuscated. Length 9 mm. ; width 1 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Constantia). 



Deypta dentata, Eossi, 

 Mant. i., p. 83, i., fig. e ; Jacq. Duval Genera, i., pi. 21, fig. 104. 



-D. jucunda, Bohem., Insect. Caffr., part i., p. 27. 



Dark green or yellowish blue ; mandibles, palpi, legs, and labrum 

 yellowish red ; antennae rufescent, with the basal joint infuscate at 

 the tip, but occasionally rufescent also ; head and prothorax pubes- 

 cent, deeply punctured, the latter part a little ampliated in the 

 anterior part, broadly narrowed near the base, and with a distinct 

 longitudinal median groove ; elytra briefly pubescent, twice as broad 

 as the prothorax at the base, a little ampliated behind, but not to 

 such a degree as in distincta from about the middle, slightly convex, 

 deeply punctato-striate, with the punctures of the striae broad and 

 deep and the intervals convex ; under side dark blue, pubescent. 

 Length 8-8-|- mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Like D. distincta, this species has a very large range. It is found 

 in Europe, probably in Senegal, and in South Africa. 



One example has been received from Natal, in which the elytra 

 are a little darker and the basal joint of antennae immaculate, it is 

 -D. jucunda, Bohem. ; the difference is, however, too small to sepa- 

 rate it from D. dentata. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch), Natal (Maritz- 

 burg) . 



Drypta capicola. 



Coerulean blue, with the palpi, apex of mandibles, antennse, and 

 legs red ; head and prothorax very briefly pubescent, very deeply 



