1896.] of the Goleoptera of South Africa, 229 



Xenitenus inornatus. 



Pale testaceous ; the head and prothorax a httle redder than the 

 elytra ; prothorax shaped as that of X. ylagiatus, but the discoidal 

 patches are not discernible ; elytra nearly transparent, plane, finely 

 punctato-striate with the intervals plane, and having a short, narrow, 

 slightly infuscated line on each side of the suture at the base, and a 

 moderately black band curving round the shoulder, running from 

 below the base to some distance from the apex, broadening from 

 about the median part and produced transversely at the end towards 

 the suture, the seventh interval on which the lateral band runs has 

 nine tessellated impressions ; under side and legs almost transparent ; 

 abdomen infuscate at the apex. Length 6-7 mm. ; width 2-2 J- mm. 



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



Xenitenus debilis. 



Pale testaceous ; prothorax shaped as in the preceding species 

 and without any discoidal patches ; elytra parallel, finely punctato- 

 striate the intervals plane, almost transparent, and with a deeply 

 infuscate triangular patch in the centre of the base, and a lateral 

 black band running on the fifth, sixth, and seventh intervals from 

 a certain distance from the base to below the median part, where it 

 is produced transversely towards the suture, which it reaches ; the 

 seventh interval is tessellated, and there are four punctures on the 

 sixth interval and two or three on the fifth ; under side pale yellow, 

 the two apical segments black on the upper and under part. Length 

 5 mm. ; width 1-| mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Carnarvon). 



Xenitenus dilucidus. 



Head, palpi, antennae, prothorax, and legs pale yellowish red ; 

 head smooth, shining; prothorax shaped as in ^. singidaris, although 

 slightly broader ; elytra elongated, a little broader behind than in 

 iront with the sides straight, striate, with the striae shallow, black, 

 with an elongated yellowish-red patch reaching from the base, which 

 it invades entirely, to a very short distance from the apex, and about 

 one-half narrower there than at the base, outer margins narrowly 

 edged with yellowish red ; legs and pectus yellowish ; abdomen 

 infuscate. Length 6 mm. ; width 2 mm. 



Hah. Bechuanaland (Vryburg), Zambezia (Salisbury). 



Xenitenus limbatus. 



Testaceous red ; prothorax narrow, longer than broad, slightly 

 attenuated gradually towards the base ; elytra elongated, parallel, 



I plane, narrowly punctato-striate with the intervals plane, the seventh 



