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preceding species, the shape of the hgula differs : the paraglossae 

 being not longer, whereas in L. quadrimaciclatus the paraglossae are 

 not longer than the ligula and singly rounded above it. 



Gen. HAPLOPEZA, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 63. 



Mentum articulate, median part shallow, broad, with a bifid very 

 short tooth, lateral lobes nearly perpendicular inwardly, acute at tip, 

 and short ; ligula broad quadrate, bisetose at tip ; paraglossae narrow, 

 adhering to the ligula, a little sloping at tip and not longer ; maxillae 

 much falcate at tip, bristly inwardly ; palpi slender, last joint sub- 

 cylindrical, the labial one rounded at tip, the maxillary truncate ; 

 labrum short, head narrowed into a short neck, eyes very prominent, 

 antennae long ; prothorax very short, broader than long, truncate at 

 both ends, outer margins recurved ; elytra elongato-quadrate, rounded 

 at the shoulders, sinuate behind, and without any dorsal puncture ; 

 legs slender, tarsi long, claws simple, fourth joint of anterior tarsi 

 not incised. 



H. viOLACEA, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 63. 



Moderately dark blue, shining, elytra slightly violaceous, the three 

 basal joints of antennae dark blue, the other joints and also the legs 

 black ; head small, almost smooth, labrum very short, a little rufes- 

 cent ; prothorax nearly twice as broad as long, depressed laterally 

 and basally, hardly raised in the median part of the disk, which is 

 slightly plicate transversely, while the lateral and basal depressions 

 are rugose, the outer margins are recurved, slightly sinuate above 

 the base, with the posterior angle sharp, gradually rounded and very 

 slightly aculeate at the first lateral setigerous puncture ; elytra elon- 

 gato-quadrate, but a little narrower at base than at apex, parallel, 

 not much sinuate behind, plane striate with the intervals smooth or 

 nearly so, plane and without any puncture. Length 8 mm. ; width 

 3|- mm. 



Hab. Natal (D'Urban). 



Gen. THYEEOPTEEUS, Dej., 

 Spec. Col., vol. v., 1831, p. 445. 

 Mentum broad, with the lateral lobes straight inwardly, and a 

 triangular, robust, long median tooth ; ligula narrow, horny, slightly 

 ampliated, almost truncate at the apex and bearing two setae, para- 

 glossae broad, membranaceous, projecting far above the apex of the 

 ligula, singly obovate at the tip, but not surrounding the ligula at 

 the apex; last joint of maxillary and labial palpi cylindrical; pro- 



