192 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



distinctly striate, with the intervals between the striae slightly 

 convex ; abdomen black underneath or infuscate. Length 6-7 

 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, Somerset 

 East). 



Crepidogastee montanus. 



Head, prothorax, antennae, legs, and elytra pale brown ; elytra 

 elongated, with the apical margin nearly straight and subacute at 

 the sutural part, hardly pubescent, and deeply striato-punctate, 

 with the intervals slightly rounded ; abdomen light brown. Length 

 €|- mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



Crepidogaster picipennis, Chaud., 

 Monogr. Brach., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 1876, p. 94. 



Head, prothorax, antennae, and legs pale red ; elytra elongated, 

 shagreened, briefly pubescent, black, costate, with the costae of the 

 same height. Length 7 J mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony. 



Crepidogaster pallidus. 



Totally pale yellow ; elytra elongated, very slightly emarginated 

 diagonally behind, shagreened, briefly pubescent, and three costate 

 on each side, with the intervals very slightly rounded. Length 6 

 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



This species may prove to be only an immature insect. I have, 

 however, seen several examples. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



Crepidogaster costatus, Dej. 

 Aptinus costatus, Dej., Spec. Col., v., p. 411. 



Head, prothorax, antennae, and legs reddish brown ; elytra elon- 

 gated, of a darker brown than the prothorax, finely shagreened, 

 hardly pubescent, each elytron with five much raised costae, the first, 

 third, and fifth more raised than the other two, and the fifth the 

 highest of all ; abdomen deeply infuscate. Length 5-6 mm. ; 

 width 2 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



Crepidogaster rufescens, Motsch., 



Plate III., fig. 5. 



Etud. Entom., 1862, p. 54 ; Bull. Mosc, 1864, part iii., p. 214, pi. i., 



fig. 12. 



Headj prothorax, antennae, and legs dark red ; head and prothorax 



