1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 249 



Phlceozetus signatus, 

 Plate Y., fig. 18. 



Antennae, legs, head, and prothorax pale brick-red, the two last 

 parts rugulose ; elytra elongated, subparallel, narrowly punctato- 

 striate with the intervals plane, reddish yellow, with a post-median 

 subtriangular patch extending on each side as far as the third stria ; 

 under side reddish yellow. Length 7 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Bedford). 



Phlgeozetus coedigek. 



Shape, size, colouring, and sculpture of L. signatus, but the post- 

 median black dorsal patch is of a different form ; it is heart-shaped, 

 reaching at its broadest the fourth stria on each side, acuminate at 

 the tip, but not reaching further down towards the apex than in 

 P. signatus ; three last abdominal segments infuscate. Length 7 mm. ; 

 width 3 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (De Aar). 



Phlceozetus fasciatus, 

 Plate v., fig. 19. 



Antennae, palpi, and legs rufescent ; head and prothorax dark 

 brick-red, both very rugose, principally the former ; elytra elongated, 

 subparallel, deeply punctato-striate, with the intervals nearly plane, 

 yellowish red, with a transverse almost median black band reaching 

 from outer margin to outer margin, bisinuate on each side and 

 broadest along the suture ; under side yellowish ; abdominal segments 

 slightly infuscate. Length 4 mm. ; width If mm. 



Hah. Cape (Cape District). 



Phlceozetus prcestans, 

 Plate v., fig. 20. 



Antennae, palpi, and legs pale yellow ; head and prothorax pale 

 testaceous red and both closely punctulate ; elytra elongate, sub- 

 parallel, narrowly although deeply punctato-striate, with the intervals 

 plane, pale yellow with the exception of the scutellary region, which 

 is pale testaceous red, and with a narrow sutural black band reaching 

 from nearly the base to about the median part, dilated there in an 

 elongated more or less subquadrate patch reaching the fourth stria 

 and narrowed behind along the suture, where it covers the first 

 interval only ; under side pale yellow. Length 5-6-|- mm. ; width 

 2-3 mm. 



Hah, Cape Colony (Stellenbosch). 



