1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 179 



Brachinus nobilis, Dej., 



Spec. Col., v., p. 415 ; Klug, Symb. Phys., iii., t. 22, fig. 4. 



Phcrops. Alstoni, P^r., Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, vol. iv., 1888, p. 72. 



Very pale yellow on the upper and under side ; prothorax short ; 

 elytra broad, nearly twice as broad as long, with the outer sides 

 nearly straight, costate, with the intervals slightly and briefly 

 pubescent, of the same colour as the head and prothorax, and with 

 a broad, black, sutural band, beginning from the base, round the 

 scutellum, reaching to about one-third of the length, and on each 

 side a lateral round spot, a little before the middle, extending from 

 the fifth to the eighth interval, and a postical, broad, sinuated band, 

 extending from the suture to close to the outer margin, but not 

 reaching it ; this postical band is a very irregular one, often tri- 

 sinuated, and extends nearer to the apex on the first and second 

 interval, and also on the seventh and eighth, than in the median 

 ones, where, on the contrary, the band is directed towards the base ; 

 upper part of the three last abdominal segments infuscated; legs, 

 antennge, and palpi very pale yellow. Length 12-13 mm. ; width 

 6 mm. 



Hab. This species has a very wide range. It is recorded from 

 Algeria, Nubia, i\byssinia, Senegal, Ovampoland (Cunene Eiver), 

 and Cape Colony (Van Wyk's Vley, Modder Eiver). 



Brachinus algoensis. 



Head, prothorax, legs, palpi, and basal parts of antennae brick- 

 red ; elytra elongated, subparallel, highly costate, with the intervals 

 slightly and briefly pubescent ; black, shining, with a small, basal, 

 supra-humeral yellowish-red patch, and a moderately broad mar- 

 ginal band of the same colour rounding the apex and ascending 

 a little the apical part of the suture ; pectus yellowish red ; sides of 

 abdomen infuscate. Length 11-14 mm. ; width 5-6 mm. 



Hab. Mozam-bique (Louren90-Marquez, Eikatla). 



Brachinus obtusus, Thunb., 

 Nov. Lisect. Sp., 1784, p. 74. • 

 B. riificeps, Fabric, Syst. Eleuth, i., p. 219. 



Head, antennas, and legs yellowish red ; prothorax nearly always 

 black, but also sometimes somewhat rufescent in the anterior part ; 

 elytra elongated, gradually ampliated from the shoulder to the apex, 

 where they are one-third broader than at the base, covered with a 

 very short yellowish pubescence, costate, but the costae not much 

 raised and the intervals punctulated ; under side black, punctulated ; 



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