1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 203 



under side and legs dark blue ; tarsi black. Length 7 mm. ; width 

 2^ mm. 



Hab. Caffraria (Wahlberg), Stockholm Museum. 



Gen. metallic a, Chaud., 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 1872, p. 175. 



Ligula of Gallida, quadrisetose at the tip ; paraglossse without apical 

 set^ ; palpi hairless with the exception of the apical joint of the 

 labial, which are slightly pilose, and both labial and maxillary obtuse 

 and subovate ; labrum emarginate in front ; mentum quadrate, with 

 the lateral lobes obtusely rounded at the tip and without any 

 median tooth ; mandibles much rounded outwardly, sharp and 

 slightly concave ; tarsi short, somewhat thick, not compressed on 

 the upper part, glabrous, briefly trigone, the fourth one bilobate, 

 with the lobes moderately long, the three basal anterior ones of 

 the male dilated w^ith a double series of squamose lamellae under- 

 neath, all thickly ciliate ; claws pectinate. 



Out of the three African species included in this genus, one only 

 is recorded from South Africa. 



Metallica puepueipennis, Chaud., 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 1872, p. 177. 



Head, prothorax, under side, and legs brown ; elytra metallic purple, 

 with the outer margins green ; antennae, legs, labrum, mandibles, 

 and trochanters reddish ; head plicate lengthways, but smooth near 

 the epistome, the plication is punctured, but not the vertex ; pro- 

 thorax a little broader than the head, broadest in the centre, trans- 

 verse, slightly convex and not much punctured ; elytra elongated and 

 broader than the prothorax by one-third, rectangular, with mode- 

 rately deep striae, the striae slightly punctured, with the intervals 

 convex and finely shagreened, with four piliferous punctures on the 

 third interval, two or three on the fifth, more on the seventh, and 

 also a supra-marginal series. Length 9^-10 mm. 



Hah. Natal (D' Urban), teste Chaud. 



Gen. POLYAULACUS, Chaud., 

 Eev. et Mag. Zool., 1878, p. 156. 



Mentum with a small median tooth ; ligula as in Gallida ; palpi 

 long, fusiform, with the apical part very sharp ; tarsi glabrous on the 

 upper side, fourth joint emarginate ; claws three pectinate ; head 

 plurisculcate longitudinally, the rest as in Gallida. An intermediate 

 form between GallididcB and DromiidcB. 



