1896.] of the Goleoptera of South Africa. 209 



Metaxymorphus cycloderus, Chaud., 

 Plate v., fig. 9. 



Testaceous ; prothorax without any dorsal markings ; elytra more 

 ovate than in the preceding species, finely striate, not much trans- 

 parent, and slightly infuscate at the apex ; last abdominal segment 

 black. Length 9^ mm. ; width 4 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Grahamstown). 



Allied to the preceding species but larger ; the elytra are more 

 ovate, less transparent and infuscate at the tip, while in M. modestus 

 they are of a uniform colour. 



Metaxymorphus modestus, 

 Plate v., fig. 8. 



Light testaceous on the upper and lower parts ; prothorax with a 

 darker testaceous median band very ill- defined ; elytra distinctly 

 striate, semi-transparent. Length 6 mm. ; width 2^ mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



Metaxymorphus namaquensis, 

 Plate v., fig. 10. 



Very light testaceous ; prothorax nearly smooth ; elytra finely 

 striate, transparent, with a diagonal very faintly infuscate band 

 beginning on each side at about the median part of the disk and 

 stopping at a short distance from the apex, where it is a little more 

 conspicuous ; lateral margins with a few rigid bristles, often 

 wanting. Length 7 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Namaqualand, O'okiep). 



Metaxymorphus lineellus, Bohem. 



Cymindis lineella, Bohem., Insect. Caffr., vol. i., p. 34. 



Head and prothorax testaceous, the latter with two very incon- 

 spicuous darker patches, as often wanting as not ; elytra almost 

 transparent, very finely striate, with the second, fourth, sixth, and 

 eighth intervals slightly infuscate from the median part towards the 

 apex ; the first interval is also sometimes infuscate. Length 5 mm. ; 

 width 2-2 J mm. 



Hah. Caffraria. 



Kindly communicated by Prof. C. Auri villus, of the Stockholm 

 Museum. 



Metaxymorphus vicinus, n. sp. 



Light testaceous ; head and labrum deeply infuscate ; prothorax 

 with two broad dark patches reaching nearly from base to apex ; 

 elytra finely striate, neither opaque nor semi-transparent, and with- 

 out any infuscate markings. Length 4 J mm. ; w^dth 2 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Grahamstown). 



