1896.] of the Coleoptem of South Africa. 235 



aciculate, of the shape and size of that of D.fiavosifjnatus, but with a 

 very narrow, ahxiost invisible longitudinal groove ; elytra elongate, 

 subparallel, with the shoulders slightly rounded and a little broader 

 past the middle than at the base, plane, faintly striate, the intervals 

 a little more defined in the median part of the disk, pale yellow, 

 with a black triangular patch belov/ the scutellum and a cloudy 

 slight infuscation in the dorsal part ; lateral sides of abdomen darker 

 than the centre. Length 4 mm. ; width If mm. 

 Hah. Natal (D'Urban). 



Deomius fusculus. 



Antennae, palpi, and legs fiavescent ; head black, nearly smooth ; 

 prothorax identical in shape to that of the two preceding species, 

 piceous black or very dark browm, hardly aciculate, and with a con- 

 spicuous longitudinal median groove ; elytra elongate, with the 

 shoulders slightly rounded, gradually ampliated to long past the 

 median part, where they are about one-third broader than at the 

 base, plane, faintly striate, with four intervals in the median part of 

 the disk raised, shining, infuscate, with a yellowish diagonal humeral 

 patch directed from near the scutellum towards the outer margin, 

 and a streak of the same colour at about the median part extending 

 on each side on the two intervals near the suture ; under side infus- 

 cate. Length 3 mm. ; width IJ mm. 



Hah. Natal (Frere). 



Deomius capensis, Motsch., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1864, iii., p. 232. 



Black, with a metallic sheen ; antennae and palpi black ; head 

 nearly smooth ; prothorax a little sinuate in front, with the angles 

 projecting, broader in the anterior part than at the base, the median 

 part of which-is slightly piolonged beyond the posterior angles, 

 smooth, shining, with a narrow longitudinal median groove ; elytra 

 ■elongate, nearly parallel, with the anterior angles slightly rounded, 

 plane, very faintly striate on the median dorsal part ; under side 

 and legs black; claws bipectinate on each side. Length 2J-3J mm. ; 

 width IJ-l^ mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Worcester, Albany, 

 East London), Natal (Frere, Escourt), Transvaal (Pretoria). 



This insect resembles so much Blechrus glahratus of Europe that 

 it is almost impossible to distinguish the two. 



Dromius tibialis. 



Black, with a metallic sheen ; antennae and palpi dark brown ; 

 head smooth ; prothorax short, a little sinuate in front, with the 



