1896.] of the Goleoptera of South Africa. 197 



Callida grata. 



Elongated ; antennae black, the two basal joints red ; head black, 

 with the extreme apical part red, shining, with a lateral plication, and 

 the median part hardly punctured ; prothorax elongated, nearly as 

 broad in the anterior part as in the middle, much narrowed behind 

 and very slightly punctured ; elytra parallel, subconvex, finely 

 striate, with the intervals broad and finely but not deeply punctured, 

 dark green from the base to the middle, and turning to cerulean from 

 the middle to the apex; under side red; abdomen dark blue, and 

 segment also dark blue ; legs and tarsi black, with the basal part of 

 the femora red. Length 10 mm. ; width 3J mm. 



Not unlike C. ruficoUis ; the prothorax is broader, less attenuated 

 in the anterior part, the striation of the elytra is less deep, and the 

 intervals broader and less deeply punctured ; the colour of the legs 

 and also of the anal segment is different. 



Hah. Mozambique (Rikatla), Zambezia (Salisbury). 



Callida affinis, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1837, iii., p. 4; 1844, iii., p. 463^ 

 G. amabilis, Bohem., Insect. Caffr., vol. i., p. 39. 



Elongated ; antennas black, with the three first joints and the 

 basal part of the fourth brick-red ; head and prothorax brick-red, 

 deeply punctured; the prothorax short, not much longer than broad; 

 elytra bright green in the anterior part, darker green behind, 

 narrowly striate, with the stride closely punctured, and the intervals 

 nearly smooth ; under side totally brick-red ; legs reddish, with the 

 knees infusca^te. Length 11 mm. ; width 3J mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (teste Chaud.), Natal (Malvern), Zambezia 

 (Salisbury). 



Callida distincta, n. sp. 



Elongated ; the three basal joints of the antennae red, the others 

 reddish and infuscate at the tip ; head and prothorax rusty red ; the 

 prothorax short, one-third longer than broad ; elytra ferruginous, 

 with a basal broad green band extending diagonally to the outer 

 sides, punctato-striate, with the intervals punctulate ; under side 

 and legs reddish, the knees infuscate. Length 10 mm. ; width 

 3 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (King William's Town), Transvaal (Pretoria). 



Callida fasciata, Dej., 

 Spec. Col., vol. v., p. 337; Icon. Col., vol. i., pi. ii., fig. 7. 

 Yery narrow, elongated ; the three basal joints of the antennae 



